Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Steller's Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) - HBW 2, p. 123

French: Pygargue empereur German: Riesenseeadler Spanish: Pigargo Gigante
Other common names: White-shouldered Sea-eagle

Taxonomy: Aquila pelagica Pallas, 1811, islands on sea of Okhotsk.
Possible race niger of Korea is probably only rare morph; not known in wild or captivity for five decades. Monotypic.

Distribution: Coastal regions along W Bering Sea, S of Paul's Bay (Koryakland), and Sea of Okhotsk; winters S to Ussuriland, Japan and Korea.

Vulnerable

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An adult bird on a pole Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan
Aleix Comas 14 January 2010 3 years ago 4.7
Dorsal view of an adult bird over the ice. Locality Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 4.6
An adult flying carrying a piece of a fish discard. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 11 weeks ago 4.3
A close-up of the head of an adult bird. Locality Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 4.3
An individual in flight. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 11 weeks ago 4.2
An aduly bird in flight. Locality Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 4.1
An immature bird perched in a tree. Locality Japan
Pete Morris 1 February 2002 16 weeks ago 4
Close-up of an adult in a bird park in Switzerland Locality Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 3 years ago 4
Adult sunbathing in a bird park in Switzerland Locality Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 3 years ago 4
Closeup Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2008 3 years ago 4
An individual in flight over the sea. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 5 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8
An adult bird in flight. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8
A head of a bird. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2009 2 years ago 3.8
A bird landing close to three birds, on an ice pack. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 5 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8
Dorsal view of an adult bird perched in a tree. Locality Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2002 16 weeks ago 3.8
A bird to compare with a White-tailed Sea-eagle. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 3.8
A bird in flight coming from the sea Locality Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan
Aleix Comas 13 January 2010 3 years ago 3.8
An adult bird feeding over the ice. Locality Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 3.7
Four birds perched on an ice pack. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 5 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.6
Sun-bathing in a bird park in Switzerland Locality Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 3 years ago 3.5
An adult close-up. Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 3.4
Adult bird head. Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomasz Doroń 28 September 2010 2 years ago 3.4
A pair of Steller's Sea-eagles passing the sky. Locality Hokkaido, Japan
William IP 12 January 2013 18 weeks ago 3.3
Immature male perched in his aviary. Locality Wrocław Zoo, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 8 September 2010 2 years ago 3.3
An immature bird soaring, seen from below. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 3
Adult sunbathing in a bird park in Switzerland Locality Switzerland
Diatryma 30 June 2009 3 years ago 3
An adult bird on flight, seen from below. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 2.2