Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - HBW 2, p. 197
French: Aigle royal
German: Steinadler
Spanish: Aguila Real
Taxonomy: Falco Chrysäetos Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Has been considered to form superspecies with A. audax, and perhaps also with A. gurneyi. Race kamtschatica often included in canadensis. Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- homeyeri Severtsov, 1888 - Iberian Peninsula, NW Africa and large Mediterranean islands E through Egypt, Asia Minor and Arabia to Caucasus and Iran.
- chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) - NW & C Europe E to W & C Siberia and Altai.
- daphanea Severtsov, 1888 - Turkestan E to Manchuria, and S to Pakistan, Himalayas and SW China.
- homeyeri Severtsov, 1888 - Iberian Peninsula, NW Africa and large Mediterranean islands E through Egypt, Asia Minor and Arabia to Caucasus and Iran.
- chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) - NW & C Europe E to W & C Siberia and Altai.
- daphanea Severtsov, 1888 - Turkestan E to Manchuria, and S to Pakistan, Himalayas and SW China.
- japonica Severtsov, 1888 - Korea and Japan.
- kamtschatica Severtsov, 1888 - W & C Siberia and Altai E to Kamchatka.
- canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - North America, from Alaska S to Durango (WC Mexico), and E to Labrador, Quebec and New York.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A grown chick making exercises in the nest. Locality Aragón, Spain (ssp homeyeri)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 4.7 -
An adult female with a chick at the nest feeding with his dead brother Locality Ayllón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 20 May 2008 4 years ago 45 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird feeding on an arctic hare. Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland (ssp chrysaetos)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2010 2 years ago 51 sec 4.6 -
Two juveniles at the nest looking around Locality Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 8 July 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 4.6 -
a juvenile before flying away from nest Locality Xinjiang, China (Northern)
Vicky Cheng 3 July 2011 1 year ago 3 min 52 sec 4.6 -
A juvenile looking around Locality Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 8 July 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 4.4
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A bird in flight.
Locality Catalonia, Spain
Franck Renard 10 February 2009 4 years ago 4.6 -
Checking visibility at roost 2 kms down the valley as blizzard starts to blow.
Locality Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
Brendan Marnell 5 December 2007 2 years ago 4.6 -
A flying golden eagle
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp homeyeri)
juan 14 January 2012 1 year ago 4.6 -
An adult in flight
Locality Finland (ssp chrysaetos)
Franck Renard 21 February 2006 4 years ago 4.5 -
golden eagle juvenile in flight
Locality Cerro Juan Grande, Aguascalientes State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp canadensis)
Luis Felipe Lozano 10 June 2008 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
Golden Eagle
Locality La Cañada Observatory, La Cañada, Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 5 January 2013 19 weeks ago 4.4
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Harsh calls of an adult perched.
Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia
(ssp chrysaetos)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 2
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