Greater Spotted Eagle, Aquila clanga, is a species of day-flying bird of prey found in wetland and woodland and forest ecosystems. It is a summer visitor to north-eastern Europe. This species occurs in lowland wet forests near wetlands, away from human settlements (European Red List 2015).

Aquila clanga has a breeding population size of 17-33 pairs and a breeding range size of 9700 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Decreasing in the short term and Decreasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Aquila clanga was assessed as Threatened, as the species meets one or more of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened at the EU27 scale.