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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.
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. 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]
Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga. ... Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Portrait of a bald eagle, showing its strongly hooked beak and the cere covering the base of the beak. Eagles, Old World vultures, secretary-birds, hawks, harriers, etc. Family Accipitridae - buzzards, eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, Old World vultures Genus Accipiter; Genus Aegypius; Genus Aquila; Genus Aviceda; Genus Busarellus; Genus Butastur
The Accipitriformes (/ æ k ˌ s ɪ p ɪ t r ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z /; from Latin accipiter 'hawk' and formes 'having the form of') are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons.
The taxonomy of Carl Linnaeus grouped birds (class Aves) into orders, genera, and species, with no formal ranks between genus and order. He placed all birds of prey into a single order, Accipitres, subdividing this into four genera: Vultur (vultures), Falco (eagles, hawks, falcons, etc.), Strix (owls), and Lanius (shrikes).
Bald eagle: Accipitridae: Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) 196 African fish eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, 1800) 197 Madagascar fish eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga vociferoides (des Murs, 1845) 198 White-bellied sea eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga leucogaster (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 199 Sanford's sea eagle: Accipitridae
Once located, prey is captured by diving. Eagles sometimes hunt by standing in or near shallow water on a sandbank, spit, or ice-floe, grabbing passing fish. Compared with its white-tailed and bald eagle relatives, Steller's sea eagle reportedly is a more "aggressive, powerful, and active" raptor. [30]