Population: The global population of adult golden eagles is estimated at about 87 thousand adults. The number in Kazakhstan is unknown, but according to available data, there are hundreds of pairs.
Status: A rare and endangered species with declining numbers (Category III).
Habitat: It is wide spread in Eurasia, wintering in the same place where it nests. In Kazakhstan, it is common in the mountains of the south and east, and also lives on the Mangyshlak peninsula, on the chinks of the Ustyurt plateau, and the Mugodzhar Range, in the valley of the Syrdarya River, Kyzylkums, Betpak-Dale, in a number of points of the Kazakh Melkosopochnik, Kokchetavuplift, and Pavlodar Irtysh region.
