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  2. Golden eagle - Wikipedia

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    The maximum size of golden eagles is debated. Large subspecies are the heaviest representatives of the genus Aquila and this species is on average the seventh-heaviest living eagle species. The golden eagle is the second heaviest breeding eagle in North America, Europe and Africa and the fourth heaviest in Asia.

  3. Status and conservation of the golden eagle - Wikipedia

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    The golden eagle may be a competitor and, rarely, a predator of the recently reintroduced California condors in central Arizona and southern California, but the pressure exerted by the eagles on condors are seemingly minor, especially in contrast to manmade conservation issues for the species such as lead poisoning from bullets left in hunter ...

  4. Aquila (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The genus Aquila was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) as the type species. [2] [3] Aquila belongs to a close-knit group of "typical" eagles including genera Hieraaetus, Lophaetus, Ictinaetus and Clanga.

  5. Rare Footage Show Up-Close Glimpse of Endangered Golden ...

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    Golden Eagles have had endangered status in the state of Maine since 1986, and remain a species of greatest conservation need in the Maine Wildlife Action Plan.

  6. Dietary biology of the golden eagle - Wikipedia

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    A golden eagle lands on carrion during a snowstorm. At least seven main hunting techniques are known to be utilized by the species, with many individual variations and the ability in most mature eagles to quickly (and sometimes cleverly) vary back and forth between methods depending on the circumstance.

  7. Aquilinae - Wikipedia

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    By far the widest ranging species of booted eagle is the golden eagle, which is distributed in most of North America (where it is the only species of the subfamily north of Mexico) and much of Eurasia including a majority of Europe, often along most mountainous terrains therein but also other land-based habitats with typically remote semi-open ...

  8. Endangered Species Act at 50: How it's aided eagles, osprey ...

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    The agency also lists three notable recovered species: the bald eagle, osprey and peregrine falcon. ... “Lead is a recurring issue for eagles, both for bald eagles and golden eagles,” Barber said.

  9. Bald eagles, osprey could be removed from NJ endangered ... - AOL

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    Under the new proposal, bald eagle status will be changed to species of special concern. Eagles are still protected by the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Act which prohibits anyone, without a ...