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  2. Lamb no longer a major food source for white-tailed eagles ...

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    RSPB Scotland said it hopes the study will provide some reassurance to famers and crofters concerned about their livestock being hunted.

  3. White-tailed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the 'sea eagle', [4] is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia.Like all eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which also includes other diurnal raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers.

  4. Dietary biology of the golden eagle - Wikipedia

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    However, conflicts between the great eagles do occur, especially at carrion or kills. In most cases, the golden eagle is reportedly dominant over white-tailed eagles at food, reportedly being more aggressive and a more agile and swift flier. [201] However, in some cases, white-tailed eagles have dominated golden eagles at carrion or kills.

  5. Accipitridae - Wikipedia

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    Using this method, accipitrids such as the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) and crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) have successfully hunted ungulates, such as deer and antelope, and other large animals (kangaroos and emus in the wedge-tailed) weighing more than 30 kg ...

  6. Bald eagle - Wikipedia

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    In 20 food habit studies across the species' range, fish comprised 56% of the diet of nesting eagles, birds 28%, mammals 14% and other prey 2%. [58] More than 400 species are known to be included in the bald eagle's prey spectrum, far more than its ecological equivalent in the Old World, the white-tailed eagle, is known to take.

  7. White-tailed eagles to be released in national park - AOL

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    Exmoor is the ideal environment for the white-tailed eagle, say conservationists [Exmoor National Park] White-tailed eagles are the largest bird of prey in the UK, with a wing span of 8.2ft (2.5m)

  8. Haliaeetus - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Eagles have returned to the Nooksack in droves. This is why ...

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    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 ...