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Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus Aquila. Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa. [1] Outside this area, just 14 species can be found—two in North America, nine in Central and South America, and three in Australia.
A study published in 2022 in the journal Science found that more than half of adult eagles across 38 US states suffered from lead poisoning. [196] The primary cause is when eagles scavenge carcasses of animals shot by hunters. [196] These are often tainted with lead shotgun pellets, rifle rounds, or fishing tackle. [196] [180]
Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment.
The survival rate of raptorial birds tends to increase with larger body size, with a 30–50% annual loss of population rate in small falcons/accipiters, a 15–25% loss of population rate in medium-sized hawks (e.g., Buteos or kites) and a 5% or less rate of loss in eagles and vultures. The oldest known wild golden eagle was a bird banded in ...
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 ...
In the 1980s, as part of the state’s bald eagle reintroduction program, 73 eaglets were relocated to Lake Monroe from Alaska and Wisconsin, and today the eagle population in the region is booming.
[194] [195] Other smaller animals may nest among the sticks at the base of active wedge-tailed eagle nests such as finches, pardalotes and even possums (which more so than the small birds are presumably vulnerable to the eagles if caught in the open), perhaps gaining some protection from the presence of the eagles. [8]
An eagle found injured along State Road 80 in western Palm Beach County during the spring of 2024 is released to the wild near where it was found. After nearly four months, the eagle was ready to go.