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Kleptoparasitism is a feeding strategy where one animal deliberately steals food from another. This may be intraspecific, involving stealing from members of the same species, or interspecific, from members of other species.
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]
Bald eagle. This is a comprehensive listing of the bird species recorded in Yellowstone National Park, which is mostly in the U.S. state of Wyoming and also extends into Idaho and Montana. This list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS) dated June 2021 that contains 284 species when taxonomic changes have been made. [1]
The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 years, returned from near extinction to become America's bird − officially − this week. The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 ...
An osprey’s daring dive and a bald eagle’s relentless pursuit paint a picture of life in the wild. A reminder of the powerful forces at play in our natural world. From Predator To Prey: A ...
Savigny's binomial name is now regarded as a junior synonym of Falco albicilla (the white-tailed eagle) that had been described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [1] [2] The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey". [3] This genus includes the following four species: [4]
Bald eagles fight over a fish from North Fork of the Nooksack River in January. Past studies in the area have shown only about 100 bald eagles in an 18-mile stretch of the Nooksack River, but that ...
Clockwise from top left: Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), cinereous harrier (Circus cinereus), greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga), harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius), osprey (Pandion haliaetus), slate-colored hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus), Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis), white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) (center).