Aquila adalberti faces threats from shooting, poisoning, trapping, electrocution on pylons, breeding failure caused by agricultural chemicals, and disturbance when nesting. It is currently the subject of a major recovery programme.
Adalbert's Eagle inhabits areas of coastal dunes, plains, hills and high mountain slopes, nesting in trees.
Aquila adalberti having become extinct (at least as a breeding species) in north-east Algeria and northern Morocco, is now endemic to the Iberian peninsula, where it is confined almost entirely to central, west and, chiefly, south-west Spain (some 150--160 pairs). Barely surviving in Portugal there are records of 15-20 pairs prior to 1974-1975 but no records of breeding since 1977 in Portugal.
The IUCN considers Aquila adalberti as "Vulnerable". CITES lists it as "Appendix 1".