Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Family: Accipitridae Order: Falconiformes Back
Bald eagle Weißkopf-Seeadler Pygargue à tête blanche Pigargo americano
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES I (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: partial intracontinental

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Sedentary and dispersive, although mainly migratory in N, particularly where inland waters frozen over for long periods. Migrants reach Afghanistan, Iran and formerly Iraq; also very probably to Indian Subcontinent and Burma, where local populations basically sedentary.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Mesoamerica, North America
Recommended link: http://www.rom.on.ca/cgi-bin/cbcb/fastfact.pl?speciesID=107
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations