RFW Bird-watching Resources

Bald Eagle

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Family: Accipitridae
Common Family Grouping:
Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks
4-Letter Species Code: baea
Size: Very Large

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Adult   Rio Arriba County

Immature   Rio Arriba County
Photo by: Sarah Nelson

Adult   Orilla Verde
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Bald Eagle


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Bald Eagle at xeno-canto.org

Range data provided by Infonatura/Natureserve. Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Alnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005 Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1 NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA

eBird and CBC Graphs created with Google Charts: https://developers.google.com/chart

Data for CBC Graph: National Audubon Society (2020). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results Online. Available http://www.christmasbirdcount.org November, 2020

Data for eBird Graph: eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: January 7, 2021).