🦅Golden eagle
Der Steinadler (Aquila chrysaetos) ist eine große Greifvogelart innerhalb der Familie der Habichtartigen (Accipitridae). Steinadler besiedeln offene und halboffene Landschaften in der gesamten Holarktis. Sie ernähren sich meist von mittelgroßen, bodenbewohnenden Säugetieren. Die Art war früher in Europa weit verbreitet, wurde aber systematisch verfolgt, so dass sie heute in vielen Teilen Europas nur noch in Gebirgsgegenden vorkommt. In Deutschland brüten Steinadler nur noch in den Alpen.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 4.25 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 48 years
Everything we know about the Golden eagle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.25 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Male3.57 kgWikidataQ41181
- Female5.19 kgWikidataQ41181
Figures vary
- 4.8 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Standing height0.61 mstandingDetails ↓Hide ↑
PGC: "standing height is about 2 feet." 2 ft = 0.61 m. ADW and FWS pages give body length (70-84 cm) and wingspan only, not standing height.
Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission, 'Golden Eagle', Discover PA Wildlife, https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pgc/wildlife/discover-pa-wildlife/golden-eagle · see citation
Tail length0.31 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Wing length0.6 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Beak length0.06 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Tarsus length0.1 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan48 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Gestation40 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
LifestyleAerialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Golden eagle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyAccipitridae
- ›genusAquila
- ›speciesAquila chrysaetos
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
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