Haliaeetus | |
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Haliaeetinae |
Genus: |
Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 |
Type species | |
Falco albicilla
Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
See text. |
Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.
This genus includes the following four species: [1]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Bald eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Two subspecies
|
Most of
Canada and
Alaska, all of the
contiguous United States, and northern
Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Pallas's fish eagle |
Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) |
Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
EN
|
White-tailed eagle |
Haliaeetus albicilla (Lesson, 1839) Two subspecies
|
Greenland and
Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as
Hokkaido,
Japan |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Steller's sea eagle |
Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) |
Russia,
Korea,
Japan,
China, and
Taiwan |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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