Haliaeetus pelagicus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Tall trees , rivers , and rocky coasts.

Ecology: It breeds on sea coasts and inland near rivers or lakes , where there are stands of mature trees . During the autumn birds forage along rivers where dead salmon are abundant. During mid-winter, birds in Russia tend to remain on the coast while those wintering in Japan mainly stay near water, but c.35% move to mountainous areas where many forage on deer carcasses1(Ref. 276151).

List of Habitats :

• 5 Wetlands (inland)
• 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
• 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
• 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
• 9 Marine Neritic
• 9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
• 12 Marine Intertidal
• 12.1 Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
• 12.2 Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc
• 12.3 Marine Intertidal - Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches
• 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
• 13.1 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
• 13.4 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Biology

Diet

Salmon, ducks, geese, and small mammals.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811)

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

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 39.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 413, p. 458.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 168, p. 202.
• 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. 218.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 107, p. 803.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 301.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 162.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 142, p. 205.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 52.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 148.
• 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. 117.
• GIS Assessment of the Status of Protected Areas in East Asia UNEP-WCMC url p. 59.
• Mammals of the Soviet Union / V.G. Heptner, A.A. Nasimovich, and A.G. Bannikov; scientific editor, Robert S. Hoffmann. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, 1988- url p. 977.
• New Mallophaga, 3. Comprising: Mallophaga from birds of Panama, Baja California and Alaska. San FranciscoCalifornia Academy of Sciences1899 url p. 140.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url , , p. 117.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 140.
• Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 284.
• The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 3127, p. 674.
• The natural history of the USSR / Algirdas Knystautas; foreword by Vladimir Flint; [translation, John S. Scott]. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. url p. 212.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 44, p. 44.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2008. Haliaeetus pelagicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8475
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175423
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13546048
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175423
• IUCN ID: 212739
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5738

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