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The bald eagle is placed in the genus Haliaeetus (), and gets both its common and specific scientific names from the distinctive appearance of the adult's head. Bald in the English name is from an older usage meaning "having white on the face or head" rather than "hairless", referring to the white head feathers contrasting with the darker body. [4]
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Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act; Bald eagle; Bateleur; Beaudouin's snake eagle; Black eagle; Black hawk-eagle; Black-and-chestnut eagle; Black-and-white hawk-eagle; Black-chested buzzard-eagle; Black-chested snake eagle; Blyth's hawk-eagle; Bonelli's eagle; Booted eagle; Booted eagles; Brown snake eagle
Adult bald eagle landing, showing the alula in action. In most situations, the alula is held flush against the wing; however, it can be manipulated. When flying at slow speeds or landing, the bird moves its alula slightly upwards and forward, which creates a small slot on the wing's leading edge.
The African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur. It is the national bird of Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The booted eagle clan are monophyletic and study of karyotypes has indicated that they likely have few to no close external relations within the overall extant accipitrid family. [3] [14] [15] The booted eagle subfamily all have feathers covering their legs and are distributed in every continent that contains accipitrids. [7]
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A sea eagle in the flag of Naval Reconnaissance Battalion of Finnish Navy. The bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States. The silver eagle on red shield on the arms of Poland has been interpreted as the sea eagle. Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have the African fish eagle as their national bird.