Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
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
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An adult female with a chick at the nest feeding with his dead brother Ayllón, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 20 May 2008 52 weeks ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A juvenile looking around Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 8 July 2005 49 weeks ago 23 sec 4.5 -
Two juveniles at the nest looking around Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 8 July 2007 50 weeks ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A fully grown chick perched on a rock and looking around Spain (homeyeri)
Jesús Laborda 2 July 2008 1 year ago 1 min 1 sec 4.4 -
Two chicks in the nest, one of them preening. Spain (homeyeri)
Jesús Laborda 13 June 2008 1 year ago 17 sec 4.3 -
A chick in the nest. Aragón, Spain (homeyeri)
Jesús Laborda 8 June 2009 18 weeks ago 32 sec 4
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A bird in flight. Catalonia, Spain
Franck Renard 10 February 2009 51 weeks ago 4.8 -
An adult in flight Finland
Franck Renard 21 February 2006 1 year ago 4.4 -
Golden Eagle Oregon, USA
GirlieGirl 9 May 2009 39 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird perched on an antenna Orange County, California, USA (canadensis)
Paul A. Davis 2 October 2008 1 year ago 3
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