Bald Eagle ‒ Animation

We distinguish eight eagle species of the genus Haliaeetus. Three of them (Bald, White-tailed and Steller´s Sea Eagle inhabit the northern hemisphere and the rest of them are distributed over warm areas of the southern hemisphere. Northern species have strong, yellow beaks and the legs of the same color. They also belong to the biggest eagle species in the world. All eagles of this genus are usually termed as „big piscivorous“ eagles“ – their main diet consists of fish and they also feed on the carrions of other animals. They consume the carrions many times with corvids and herons. During their wintering, we can find them close to large water bodies such as natural or artificial lakes, many times in tens or hundreds of specimens.



Eagles of the genus Haliaeetus are not very close relatives of the „true eagles“ (genus Aquila – Golden Eagle, Imperial Eagle, both of Spotted Eagles etc.). Most of the studies showed that they are more related to the kites, others also link them with buzzards.