Golden eagle

Aquila chrysaetos · Accipitridae

The golden eagle 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.

Where the Golden eagle lives

Recorded in United States of America, Sweden, France, Canada, Spain, Norway and Denmark (North America and Europe).

Most records fall in Pennsylvania, Nordjylland, California, Kalmar, Skåne and Uppsala.

See the Golden eagle’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 818,717 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.