White-tailed eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the white-tailed eagle lives – recorded in 46 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Haliaeetus albicilla
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	46 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	142 g (birth weight); 4.01 kg (male organism, adult weight); 5.57 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the white-tailed eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-tailed eagle in 46 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. In United Kingdom it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a white-tailed eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the white-tailed eagle: mass 142 g (birth weight); 4.01 kg (male organism, adult weight); 5.57 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the white-tailed eagle endangered?

The white-tailed eagle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-tailed eagle?

The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Haliaeetus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-tailed eagle

The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the "sea eagle", is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Like other eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which also includes other diurnal raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers. One of up to eleven members in the genus Haliaeetus, which are commonly called sea eagles, it is also referred to as the white-tailed sea-eagle. Sometimes, it is known as the ern or erne (depending on spelling by sources), gray sea eagle and Eurasian sea eagle.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-tailed eagle (revision 1368918638), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25438 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).