Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bald Eagle, Northern Bald Eagle
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
)
- Seebohm, 1890
- Order:
Falconiformes
(
)
- Sharpe, 1874
- Suborder:
Accipitres
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Infraorder:
Falconides
(
)
- Sharpe, 1874
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
(
)
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
(
)
- Vieillot, 1816
- Family:
Accipitridae
(
)
- Vieillot, 1816
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
)
- Genus:
Haliaeetus
(
)
- Savigny, 1809
- Specific name:
leucocephalus
- Subspecies:
alascanus
- Scientific name: - Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Subspecies:
alascanus
- Specific name:
leucocephalus
- Genus:
Haliaeetus
(
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
- Family:
Accipitridae
(
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
(
- Infraorder:
Falconides
(
- Suborder:
Accipitres
(
- Order:
Falconiformes
(
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Haliaeetus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. albicilla (Greenland White-Tailed Eagle) · H. albicilla albicilla (White-Tailed Eagle) · H. albicilla groenlandicus (Greenland White-Tailed Eagle) · H. leucocephalus (White-Headed Sea Eagle) · H. leucocephalus alascanus (Bald Eagle) · H. leucocephalus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) · H. leucogaster (White-Bellied Fish-Eagle) · H. leucoryphus (Band-Tailed Fish-Eagle) · H. pelagicus (Steller's Sea-Eagle) · H. pelagicus pelagicus (Steller's Sea Eagle) · H. sanfordi (Solomon Islands Sea-Eagle) · H. vocifer (African Fish Eagle) · H. vociferoides (Madagascar Fish Eagle) · H. vocifer vocifer (African Fish Eagle)
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Further Reading
- A biological investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie region. By Edward A. Preble. .. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1908. url p. 360.
- A distributional list of the birds of Montana, with notes on the migration and nesting of the better known species, by Aretas A. Saunders. Berkeley, Calif., The Club, 1921. url p. 189, p. 64.
- A faunal investigation of the Lake Nipigon region, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1928. url p. 259.
- Annual report / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902-1918. url p. 690, p. 94.
- Bering's voyages: an account of the efforts of the Russians to determine the relation of Asia and America / by F. A. Golder. New York: American Geographical Society, 1922-25. url p. 275.
- Birds of Labrador / Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1907. url .
- Birds of Labrador / by Charles W. Townsend and Glover M. Allen. Boston: Printed for the Society, 1907. url p. 367.
- Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states / [Norwood, Ma.: Printed by Berwick and Smith Company], 1925-1929 url , p. 156.
- Birds of New York / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1914. url , .
- Birds of New York / by Elon Howard Eaton. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1910-1914. url p. 690, p. 692, p. 94, p. 94.
- Birds of New York Albany, University of the State of New York, 1910-14 url p. 690, p. 94.
- Birds of New York, Albany, University of the State of New York, 1910-14. url , .
- Birds of Oregon, by Ira N. Gabrielson. .. and Stanley G. Jewett. .. Corvallis, Or., Pub. by Oregon State College through the O.S.C. Cooperative Association[c1940] url , p. 195.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 253, p. 395, p. 47, p. 47.
- Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 135, p. 136.
- Bulletin / State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. [Hartford]: The Survey, 1904- url p. 192, p. 364, p. 82.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 59 1915 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 398, p. 398.
- Check list of the vertebrates of Ontario and catalogue of specimens in the biological section of the Provincial museum. Birds. Toronto, L. K. Cameron, printer to the king's most excellent Majesty, 1905. url p. 42.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 71.
- Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, by Olaus J. Murie. Invertebrates and fishes collected in the Aleutians, 1936-38, by Victor B. Scheffer. Washington, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1959 url p. 111.
- MAB Biosphere Reserves: Site Descriptions, post compilation 5 (October 1990) UNESCO MAB Programme url , .
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1958 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 167, p. 48.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 111, p. 111, p. 43, p. 52, p. 74, p. 76, p. 82.
- Pacific coast avifauna / Cooper Ornithnological Club of California. Santa Clara, Calif.: The Club, 1900-1974. url p. 189, p. 64.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 41, p. 632.
- Results of a biological reconnoisance of the Yukon river region. General account of the region. Annotated list of mammals. By Wilfred H. Osgood. Annotated list of birds. By Louis B. Bishop. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1900. url p. 74.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 11, p. 2.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 109, p. 143, p. 303, p. 340, p. 38, p. 429, p. 433, p. 462, p. 73.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 72 1958 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 11, p. 202, p. 26, p. 299, p. 80, p. 96, p. 99.
- The Oo?logist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs. Albion, N.Y.: Frank H. Lattin, 1886- url p. 51.
- The birds of Connecticut, Hartford, Printed for the State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1913. url , , .
- The birds of Connecticut, by John Hall Sage and Louis Bennett Bishop, assisted by Walter Parks Bliss. Hartford, Printed for the State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1913. url p. 192, p. 364, p. 82, p. 82.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 13, p. 214, p. 28, p. 387.
- Vertebrates of Ontario, by C. W. Nash. Department of Education, Toronto. Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Toronto, L. K. Cameron, 1908 url p. 42.
- Vertebrates of Ontario. TorontoPrint. by order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by L.K. Cameron1908 url p. 42.
- Washington State Coastal Zone Management Program amendment no. 3: approval of the Grays Harbor estuary management plan: program draft environmental impact statement. [Olympia, Wash.?]: Grays Harbor Regional Planning Commission; 1983. url p. 23, p. 4.
- [Collected reprints, 1911-1931. s.l., s.n., 19--] url , , , .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591266
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175422
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13894418
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175422
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNKC10011
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178031
