Haliaeetus

Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.

Haliaeetus
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Haliaeetinae
Genus: Haliaeetus
Savigny, 1809
Type species
Falco leucocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

This genus includes the following four species:[1]

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

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Two subspecies
  • H. l. leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • H. l. washingtoniensis (Audubon, 1827)
Most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



Pallas's fish eagle

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

Habitat:

Diet:		  EN 


White-tailed eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla
(Lesson, 1839)

Two subspecies
  • H. a. albicilla - (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • H. a. groenlandicus - Brehm, CL, 1831
  • H. a. ssp.
Greenland and Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Steller's sea eagle

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

Habitat:

Diet:		  VU 


References
  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pam; et al. "Species updates". IOC World Bird List v13.2. International Ornithological Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2023.


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