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White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicillaOrder: FALCONIFORMESFamily: Kites, Eagles and Hawks (Accipitridae)
White-tailed Eagle Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Hooked
  • Eye Color: No data.
  • Head Pattern: Streaked
  • Crown Color: Brown and white streaked.
  • Forehead Color: Brown and white streaked.
  • Nape Color: Brown and white streaked.
  • Throat Color: Brown and white streaked.
  • Cere color: No Data
White-tailed Eagle Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 79-102 cm (31-40 in)
  • Weight: 3990 g (140.8 oz)
  • Size: Very Large (32 - 72 in)
  • Color Primary: Brown
  • Underparts: Brown with brown and white streaked breast.
  • Upperparts: Brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked
White-tailed Eagle Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Strong, deep, steady wing beats, sometimes alternates with glides.
  • Wingspan Range: 183-244 cm (72-96 in)
  • Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid white
  • Upper Tail: White
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Yellow
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Family
Species Haliaeetus albicilla
Length31 - 40 Inches
Wingspan6 - 8 Inches

White-tailed Eagle

White-tailed Eagle: Fourth largest eagle in the world, has a dark brown body, brown and white streaked head, neck, and breast with a white tail. The bill, legs, and feet are yellow and eyes are medium brown. Heavy flight with strong, deep, steady wing beats alternating with glides. Soars on thermals.

● Song: "krick-krick-krick-krick", "grah-grah-grah"

● Foraging & Feeding: White-tailed Eagle: Eats fish, young gulls, ducks, guillemots, alcids, seals, rabbits, rodents, and carrion. Will steal food from gulls.

● Breeding & nesting: White-tailed Eagle: Builds a nest of sticks, grass, seaweed and bones of prey high in a tree or on a rocky ledge. One to three dull white eggs incubated by female 35 to 45 days. Young are fed by both sexes. One brood per year.

● Similar species: White-tailed Eagle: Bald Eagle has white undertail coverts and white head. Steller's Sea-Eagle is larger with yellow-orange bill.

Flight Pattern

Strong, deep, steady wing beats, sometimes alternates with glides.
White-tailed Eagle Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: White-tailed Eagle: Native of Eurasia and Greenland, is sometimes seen on the Aleutian Island Attu. Prefers rocky coasts and rivers along the forest edge.
BreedingMonogamous, Thought to pair for life
PopulationDeclining
MigrationMost do not migrate
Weight140.8 Ounces