Haliaeetus

Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.

Haliaeetus
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Haliaeetinae
Genus: Haliaeetus
Savigny, 1809
Type species
Falco albicilla
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

This genus includes the following four species:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistributionIUCN status
Haliaeetus leucocephalusBald eaglemost of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern MexicoLC
Haliaeetus leucoryphusPallas's fish eagleKazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan.EN
Haliaeetus albicillaWhite-tailed eagleGreenland and Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as Hokkaido, JapanLC
Haliaeetus pelagicusSteller's sea eagleRussia, Korea, Japan, China, and TaiwanVU

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pam; et al. "Species updates". IOC World Bird List v13.2. International Ornithological Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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