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Papuan eagle: Accipitridae: Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori, 1875: 69 Crested eagle: Accipitridae: Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800) 70 Harpy eagle: Accipitridae: Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus, 1758) 71 Changeable hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 72 Flores hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus floris (Hartert, EJO ...
The bald eagle is placed in the genus Haliaeetus (), and gets both its common and specific scientific names from the distinctive appearance of the adult's head. Bald in the English name is from an older usage meaning "having white on the face or head" rather than "hairless", referring to the white head feathers contrasting with the darker body. [4]
Accipitridae (eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, Old World vultures) Pandionidae (ospreys) (1 or 2 species) Cathartidae (Cathartid vultures and condors) Sagittariidae (secretarybird) And the following extinct genera: †Teratornithidae; Diatropornis; Parasarcoramphus; For a complete list of species, see list of Accipitriformes species.
Bald eagles, which today can be found all over the state, were once in heavy decline due to the use of DDT, a synthetic insecticide that used to be widely used to control mosquitoes. DDT was ...
The federal government removed the bald eagle from its list of endangered species in 2007. New Jersey kept the bird on its state list because of disturbances to nests and habitat threats.
The bald eagle was officially reclassified from "endangered" to "threatened" on July 12, 1995 by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. On July 6, 1999, a proposal was initiated "To Remove the Bald Eagle in the Lower 48 States From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife."
As the numbers of the formerly endangered bald eagle have grown in Indiana and Kentucky, a new threat to its survival is becoming more apparent. Endangered species list no longer includes bald eagles.