Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - HBW 2, p. 122
French: Pygargue à tête blanche
German: Weißkopf Seeadler
Spanish: Pigargo Americano
Other common names: American Eagle, White headed Sea eagle
Taxonomy: Falco leucocephalus Linnaeus, 1766, America, Europe = South Carolina.
Forms superspecies with H. albicilla. Race alascanus/alascensis synonymous with washingtoniensis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- washingtoniensis (Audubon, 1827) - Aleutian Is, Alaska, Canada and N USA.
- leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) - S USA S to NW Mexico.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adults calling and feeding on red salmon carcasses. Locality Mikfik Creek, Alaska, USA (United States)
Wayne Hall 17 June 2009 2 years ago 1 min 23 sec 4.4 -
Adult bird trying to catch a young of Red-breasted Merganser on a small lake. Merganser keeps diving. No catch seen during this Locality Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp washingtoniensis)
Marc de Bont 22 July 2008 44 weeks ago 36 sec 4 -
Two views of an adult perched looking around. Locality Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA (United States) (ssp washingtoniensis)
Don DesJardin 23 November 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
Two birds on a building Locality Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp washingtoniensis)
Marc de Bont 26 July 2008 44 weeks ago 25 sec 3.9 -
Two juvenile birds in an aerial battle. Locality Maryland, USA (United States)
Robert Schaefer 16 February 2008 2 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
Chick in nest. Not too active. Adult on rock just above nest. Locality Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp washingtoniensis)
Marc de Bont 27 July 2008 44 weeks ago 50 sec 3.6
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A portrait
Locality Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States)
raniero massoli-novelli 1 August 2004 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult bird with fish dinner
Locality Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 19 December 2010 5 weeks ago 4 -
Bald Eagle feeding on a road kill
Locality Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado, USA (United States)
Mike Ross 24 March 2011 19 weeks ago 4 -
Soaring Adult Bald Eagle
Locality Channahon, Illinois, USA (United States)
Kristine Quandee 31 October 2009 44 weeks ago 4 -
A bird adult.
Locality Madrid Zoo, Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinilla 9 September 2006 3 years ago 3.8 -
Adult in flight
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 22 August 2008 1 year ago 3.7
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Calls of an adult bird.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 15 September 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Calls of two birds. Locality Parc Paradisio, Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Hainaut Province, Belgium
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2010 47 weeks ago 4 -
Excited call given as one bird landed beside its mate on a perch above the river, approximately 150m from their nest. Locality Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
(ssp leucocephalus)
Scott Olmstead 20 May 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Call given by adult female perched next to her mate in a cottonwood. Locality Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
(ssp leucocephalus)
Scott Olmstead 24 March 2009 2 years ago 3
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