Here, the birds are mostly found in northern parts of the state, with stray singles sighted in other areas. At this time, they are found in northern, central and western India, including in Maharashtra. While the European and Central Asian birds migrate to Africa, the eastern ones come to India in the winters. The species breeds in the belt from east Romania through south Russia and the Central Asian Steppes, till Mongolia. Similar to vultures, these eagles are also opportunistic scavengers, which exposes them to the risk of diclofenac poisoning. The findings showed the same signs of kidney failure as seen in the Gyps vulture after having ingested diclofenac, and researchers observed extensive visceral gout, lesions and uric acid deposits in the liver, kidney and spleen, as well as deposits of diclofenac residue in tissues.
As per the study, the effect of the chemical on the bodies of the eagles was found to be similar to that which was seen on vultures. All three had eagles as their heraldic symbols - which rather suggests a lack of originality in. The research was conducted by the Mumbai-based Bombay Natural History Society ( BNHS) along with the UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) from Uttar Pradesh. The eagles that do the falling in Fall of Eagles are the three Imperial Houses of Eastern and Central Europe during the First World War, the Romanov Tsars of Russia, the Hohenzollern Kaisers of Germany, and the Habsburg Emperors of Austria and Hungary.
