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Haliaeetus albicilla (White-tailed Eagle)

Synonyms: Falco albicilla (homotypic); Haliaeetus angustipes; Haliaetus albicilla

Wikipedia Abstract

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) are also known as sea eagle, erne (sometimes ern, ørn), gray sea eagle, and white-tailed sea-eagle — is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers. It is considered a close cousin of the bald eagle and occupies the same ecological niche, but in Eurasia. The genus name Haliaeetus is New Latin for "sea-eagle", from Ancient Greek hali-, "sea-" and aetos, "eagle". The specific albicilla, "white-tailed", is from New Latin albi-, "white" and cilla, "tail".
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Infraspecies

Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla (Eurasian white-tailed sea eagle)
Haliaeetus albicilla groenlandicus (Greenland white-tailed sea eagle)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.19671
EDGE Score: 2.10373
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  10.567 lbs (4.793 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  142 grams
Female Weight [6]  12.284 lbs (5.572 kg)
Male Weight [6]  8.849 lbs (4.014 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [6]  38.8 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Endothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Fish [3]  40 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  30 %
Forages - Aerial [3]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  50 %
Clutch Size [7]  2
Clutches / Year [8]  1
Fledging [4]  74 days
Incubation [5]  41 days
Mating Display [2]  Acrobatic aerial display
Maximum Longevity [5]  42 years
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [9]  151
Snout to Vent Length [4]  33 inches (83 cm)
Speed [10]  30.422 MPH (13.6 m/s)
Wing Span [10]  7.15 feet (2.18 m)
Female Maturity [5]  4 years
Male Maturity [5]  4 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Esox lucius (Jack)[11]
Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot)[12]
Martes zibellina (Sable)[13]
Rangifer tarandus (caribou)[12]
Triglops pingelii (Ribbed sculpin)[12]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6Cramp, S.; Simmons, K.E.L.; Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Vols 1-9. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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♦ 8British Trust for Ornithology
♦ 9Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 10Alerstam T, Rosén M, Bäckman J, Ericson PGP, Hellgren O (2007) Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects. PLoS Biol 5(8): e197. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050197
♦ 11del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 12Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 13Martes zibellina (Carnivora: Mustelidae), VLADIMIR G. MONAKHOV, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(876):75–86 (2011)
♦ 14Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 15International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0