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The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere.It is the most widely distributed species of eagle.Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.
A few day-old golden eagle nestling with its unhatched sibling's egg. The golden eagle chick may be heard from within the egg 15 hours before it begins hatching. After the first chip is broken off of the egg, there is no activity for around 27 hours. After this period, the hatching activity accelerates and the shell is broken apart in 35 hours.
Golden Eagle. North Lookout, Oswego. An image of an immature golden eagle taken during the Raptor Watch in Mackinaw City. Thousands of predator birds gather near the city, using thermal pockets to ...
The immature golden eagle has white patches on its underwing as do Verreaux's, but they are less extensive than those of the latter species. The wing shape also differs from the golden's, as the Verreaux's eagle has very broad outer secondaries and a relatively narrow pinch at the base of the primaries, whereas the tapering of a golden eagle's ...
When seen well, the golden eagle is distinctive in plumage with a more solid warm brown color than an immature bald eagle, with a reddish-golden patch to its nape and (in immature birds) a highly contrasting set of white squares on the wing. [17] The bald eagle has sometimes been considered the largest true raptor in North America.
The tawny eagle, despite being an eagle of intermediate size, does not seem to be subject to natural predators in adulthood as far as is known and can be said to fulfill the role of an apex predator. [12] [47] [108] Nestling tawny eaglets and young tawny eagles are commonly vulnerable to assorted natural predators but these are little known.
The eastern imperial eagle is typically smaller, being more slender and less bulky and powerful in appearance despite its proportionately larger head and longer neck, than the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). In some parts of the range, the female imperial eagle probably averages similar size and body mass to the smaller male golden eagle.
Besides the great horned owl, the two eagle species are the only known animals known to regularly threaten red-tailed hawks of any age. In particular, the golden eagle is probably the greatest daytime threat to fledged immature and adult red-tails, as these have turned up in many dietary studies of the powerful eagle.