Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 574 meters (0 to 1,883 feet).[1]
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:
washingtoniensis
- Scientific name: - Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis (Audubon) 1827 (Audubon) 1827 BirdsAm. 1 pl.11
- Subspecies:
washingtoniensis
- 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
(
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
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr and Boardman Conover. 13 1949 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1949. url p. 216.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 301.
- The Aleutian islands: their people and natural history (with keys for the identification of the birds and plants) City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1945. url p. 78.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 62 1948 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 53.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 1 1947 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 199.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1692773
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1030342
Footnotes
- Mean = 247.440 meters (811.811 feet), Standard Deviation = 95.570 based on 54 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
