Biology:Haliaeetus

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Short description: Genus of eagles

Haliaeetus
The Bald Eagle By Carole Robertson.jpg
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Haliaeetinae
Genus: Haliaeetus
Savigny, 1809
Type species
Falco albicilla
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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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]

Genus HaliaeetusSavigny, 1809 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico
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 LC 



Pallas's fish eagle

Haliaeetus leucoryphus
(Pallas, 1771)
Kazakhstan, Russia , Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China , India , Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. Size:

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 EN 


White-tailed eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla
(Lesson, 1839)

Greenland and Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan
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 LC 


Steller's sea eagle

Haliaeetus pelagicus
(Pallas, 1811)
Russia , Korea, Japan , China , and Taiwan
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 VU 




References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pam. "Species updates". International Ornithological Committee. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q147403 entry