Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.
- Family
- Kites, Hawks, Eagles
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Weight
- 4.2 kg
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 47
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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