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Bald eagle

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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. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.

Bald eagle Temporal range: Pleistocene-Recent 0.3–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Bald eagle preparing to fly at Kachemak Bay in Alaska, United States Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2] CITES Appendix II [3] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae Genus: Haliaeetus Species: H. leucocephalus Binomial name Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Subspecies H. l. leucocephalus – Southern bald eagle H. l. washingtoniensis – Northern bald eagle Bald eagle range…

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