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.
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An adult flying over the port, catching a Slaty-backed Gull and taking it to the coastal rocks. Locality Habomai Port, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 44 sec 4.8 -
A nest with two chicks, showing different activities. Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 48 sec 4.8 -
An immature, and then an adult, flying and landing over the ice pack, with a good number of other Sea-eagles. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2010 2 years ago 49 sec 4.5 -
An adult perched on a rock and flying towards a colony of Black-legged Kittiwakes which, frightened, fly away and call simultane Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 40 sec 4.5 -
Landing on a pole with a fish and eating it Locality Notsuke Peninsula, Shibetsu District, Hokkaido, Japan
Volkert van der Willigen 17 January 2011 2 years ago 49 sec 4.3 -
An adult bird eating a fish discard on an ice pack, then flying away. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
An adult in flight. Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 51 sec 4.3 -
A nest with two chicks, one exercizing, the other one resting. Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 42 sec 4.2 -
An adult bird taking off and landing, then at 50% speed. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
An immature and two adult birds feeding on an ice pack among White-tailed Sea-eagles. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
An adult bird taking food of the ground on flight. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4 -
Four birds resting on an ice pack. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
Two adult birds perched on an ice pack and one of them flying away. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 4 -
An immature bird flying, seen from below. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4 -
An adult in flight seen in slow motion (20%). Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
Two birds on an ice pack and a close-up of one of them. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 3.7 -
A group of four adult birds on an small ice pack. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 3.7 -
An adult bird flying. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 3.5 -
Two adults on the coast, both flying away and perching in the same tree. Locality Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2009 3 years ago 1 min 3 sec 3.5 -
An adult looking around, scratching its head and preening. Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 55 sec 3.4 -
An adult looking around and moving among perches. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 3.3 -
An immature bird flying, then at 50% speed. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird flying and soaring, seen from below. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird soaring, seen from below. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird perched on an ice pack, resting. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A bird landing on an ice pack, close to three other birds, and one of them displaying. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.3 -
An adult apparently chasing a White-tailed Sea-Eagle in flight. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird soaring, seen from below. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird flying, seen from below. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 3.3 -
An immature in flight. Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 23 sec 3.2 -
An adult bird looking around Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 3.2 -
An immature bird flying, then at 50% speed. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 3 -
An adult bird flying chased by a White-tailed Sea-eagle. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A group of three birds on an small ice pack, looking around. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3 -
A nest with two chicks in a tall cliff. Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2009 3 years ago 22 sec 3 -
A bird resting looking around Locality Kintzheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 26 July 2012 40 weeks ago 16 sec 2.5 -
Adult perched and then taking flight Locality Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 10 June 2009 3 years ago 34 sec 2.5
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