Resultado da Busca
Learn about the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, and its characteristics, adaptations, and conservation status. Find out how bald eagles hunt, breed, communicate, and live in different regions of North America.
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), which occupies the same niche as the bald eagle in the Palearctic.
Há 3 dias · Learn about the bald eagle, the only eagle native to North America and the national bird of the United States. Find out how it lives, feeds, nests, and was saved from extinction by the ban of DDT and other measures.
- Lloyd Kiff
The Bald Eagle has been the national emblem of the United States since 1782 and a spiritual symbol for native people for far longer than that. These regal birds aren’t really bald, but their white-feathered heads gleam in contrast to their chocolate-brown body and wings.
Learn about the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, and its physical characteristics, behavior, reproduction and conservation status. Find out how this fish-eating raptor recovered from endangered to threatened after facing threats from pesticides, shooting and habitat loss.
Learn about the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, and its features, diet, life span, and nesting habits. See photos of these majestic birds and how they hunt for fish.
The Bald Eagle is a North American specialty, found from Alaska through Canada into the lower 48 U.S. states, even moving as far south as northern Mexico during the winter. It is considered a partial migrant — individuals in the northern parts of the range often move south during extremely cold weather, as this species needs open water to hunt.
