Haliaeetus
Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.
Haliaeetus | |
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | |
Scientific 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]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | IUCN status |
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![]() | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald eagle | most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico | LC |
![]() | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Pallas's fish eagle | Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. | EN |
![]() | Haliaeetus albicilla | White-tailed eagle | Greenland and Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan | LC |
![]() | Haliaeetus pelagicus | Steller's sea eagle | Russia, Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan | VU |
References
- 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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