Sea Eagles
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| White-bellied Sea-eagle (© Shankar S / Flickr)
As their name suggests, sea eagles, and the closely-related fish eagles, live near water bodies and exist on a diet largely comprised of fish. This widespread and varied family of eagles can be found on every continent except South America and Antarctica, the most famous of which being the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the USA.
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| White-bellied Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster |
LC |
| Sanford’s Sea-eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi |
VU |
| African Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vocifer |
LC |
| Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides |
CR |
| Pallas’s Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus |
VU |
| White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
| Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
LC |
| Steller’s Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus |
VU |
| Lesser Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga humilis |
NT |
| Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus |
NT |
Snake-eagles
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| Short-toed Snake-eagle (© Koshy Koshy / Flickr)
A group of medium-sized raptors who are specialised to hunt snakes and other small reptiles. these Old World eagles are found in tropical parts of Asia and Africa.
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| Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus |
LC |
| Black-chested Snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis |
LC |
| Beaudouin’s Snake-eagle Circaetus beaudouini |
VU |
| Brown Snake-eagle Circaetus cinereus |
LC |
| Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus |
NT |
| Western Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens |
LC |
| Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela |
LC |
| South Nicobar Serpent-eagle Spilornis klossi |
NT |
| Kinabalu Serpent-eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis |
VU |
| Sulawesi Serpent-eagle Spilornis rufipectus |
LC |
| Philippine Serpent-eagle Spilornis holospilus |
LC |
| Andaman Serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini |
NT |
| Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis |
LC |
| Madagascar Serpent-eagle Eutriorchis astur |
EN |
| Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus |
NT |
Other Eagle Species
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| Harpy Eagle (© Bjørn Christian Tørrissen) |
| Black-chested Buzzard-eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus |
LC |
| Black Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius |
NT |
| Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus |
EN |
| Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis |
NT |
| Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja |
NT |
| Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae |
VU |
| Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi |
CR |
| Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis |
LC |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina |
LC |
| Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata |
VU |
| Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga |
VU |
| Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax |
LC |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis |
EN |
| Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti |
VU |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca |
VU |
| Gurney’s Eagle Aquila gurneyi |
NT |
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
LC |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax |
LC |
| Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii |
LC |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi |
LC |
| Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
| African Hawk-eagle Aquila spilogaster |
LC |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
LC |
| Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides |
LC |
| Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei |
LC |
| Ayres’s Hawk-eagle Hieraaetus ayresii |
LC |
| Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus |
NT |
| Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis |
LC |
| Cassin’s Hawk-eagle Aquila africana |
LC |
| Black Hawk-eagle Spizaetus tyrannus |
LC |
| Black-and-white Hawk-eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus |
LC |
| Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus |
NT |
| Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori |
EN |
| Crowned Hawk-eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus |
NT |