Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bird photographed in coastal Homer, Alaska, March 2024. Photograph courtesy of Rachel Garat, Homer.

Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Photographs of birds in captivity in the Wild Wild West.

The Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, is a member of the Accipitridae Family of Hawks, Eagles, and Kites. They are large in stature. They are known to winter in northern along the coastal regions of the Atlantic Slope in Tamaulipas and within the Pacific Slope of Baja California and Sonora and several river systems of Chihuahua at elevations up to 2,000 m (6,600 feet).

From a conservation perspective, the Bald Eagle is categorized by the IUCN as Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in forested areas adjacent to large bodies of water. They eat fish, whenever and whenever available, and limited amounts of birds, mammals, and reptiles.