Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus - Pygargue à tête blanche

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Haliaeetus

  • Species
    :

    leucocephalus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 96 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 168 à 244 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3500 à 4000 g
Longevity

30 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pygargue à tête blanche
adult plum. breeding
Pygargue à tête blanche
immature

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus (s USA, nw Mexico)
  • Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis (Alaska, Canada, n USA)

Foreign names

  • Pygargue à tête blanche,
  • Pigargo americano,
  • pigargo-americano,
  • Weißkopf-Seeadler,
  • fehérfejű rétisas,
  • Amerikaanse Zeearend,
  • Aquila di mare testabianca,
  • vithövdad havsörn,
  • Hvithodehavørn,
  • orliak bielohlavý,
  • orel bělohlavý,
  • Hvidhovedet Havørn,
  • valkopäämerikotka,
  • pigarg americà,
  • Skallörn,
  • bielik amerykański,
  • baltgalvas ērglis,
  • ameriški jezerec,
  • Белоголовый орлан,
  • ハクトウワシ,
  • 白头海雕,
  • 白頭海鵰,

Voice song and cries

Pygargue à tête blanche
juvenile

Habitat

Pygargue à tête blanche
adult plum. breeding

Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Pygargue à tête blanche
published: - Updated: 03-11-2015
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