Adaptations
Broad wings support soaring, strong feet and curved talons grip prey, and a hooked bill tears food. Forward-facing eyes provide detailed distance vision useful for locating fish and carrion.
Behavior and daily life
Pairs may return to the same nesting territory and add material to large stick nests over multiple seasons. Eagles hunt, steal food from other birds, and scavenge, with local behavior shaped by season and food availability.
Conservation
Current profile labelLeast Concern
Legal protection, habitat management, and restrictions on DDT helped populations recover after major twentieth-century declines. Lead exposure, collisions, disturbance, and habitat loss remain concerns in some areas.
The bald eagle's common name refers to the adult's white head, using an older meaning of bald that meant white-headed.
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