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The white-tailed eagle is a large bird of prey found across Europe, Asia, and parts of North America that hunts fish and other animals from coastal and inland waterways. It is an important species for understanding wildlife conservation, as populations in some regions were hunted to extinction and have since been restored through dedicated reintroduction efforts.
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- Haliaeetus
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- +5.572
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- Aquila di mare FS1.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P7603
- Appendix I of CITES
- P1889
- Bielik
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The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the "sea eagle", is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Like all eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which also includes other diurnal raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers. One of up to eleven members in the genus Haliaeetus, which are commonly called sea eagles, it is also referred to as the white-tailed sea-eagle. Sometimes, it is known as the ern or erne (depending on spelling by sources), gray sea eagle and Eurasian sea eagle.
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Animal taxa named by Carl LinnaeusApex predatorsBirds described in 1758Birds of prey of EurasiaBirds of RussiaEaglesFauna listed on CITES Appendix IHaliaeetusIUCN Red List least concern speciesTaxonbars with 35–39 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsUse Oxford spelling from August 2024