🦅White-tailed Eagle
The white-tailed eagle, sometimes known as the "sea eagle", is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Like other eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae 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, gray sea eagle and Eurasian sea eagle.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 4.73 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 42 years
Everything we know about the White-tailed Eagle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.73 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female5.57 kgWikidataQ25438
- Male4.01 kgWikidataQ25438
Figures vary
- 6.7 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.29 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.6 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.1 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan42 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation41 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatRockAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleAerialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.7 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 White-tailed Eagle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyAccipitridae
- ›genusHaliaeetus
- ›speciesHaliaeetus albicilla
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusHaliaeetus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusHaliaeetus
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