Steller's Sea Eagle

Haliaeetus pelagicus - Pygargue de Steller Pygargue empereur

Pygargue de Steller
immature
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Haliaeetus

  • Species
    :

    pelagicus

Descriptor

Pallas, 1811

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 105 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 195 à 245 cm.
  • Weight
    : 6000 à 9000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pygargue de Steller
adult
Pygargue de Steller
juvenile

Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Pygargue de Steller,
  • Pigargo gigante,
  • pigargo-gigante,
  • Riesenseeadler,
  • óriásrétisas,
  • Stellers Zeearend,
  • Aquila pescatrice di Steller,
  • jättehavsörn,
  • Kjempehavørn,
  • orliak hrubozobý,
  • orel východní,
  • Beringshavørn,
  • kuningasmerikotka,
  • pigarg de Steller,
  • bielik olbrzymi,
  • baltplecu ērglis,
  • Белоплечий орлан,
  • オオワシ,
  • 虎头海雕,
  • jättehavsörn,
  • 虎頭海鵰,

Voice song and call

Pygargue de Steller
subadult

Habitat

Pygargue de Steller
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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