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White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla · Family Accipitridae
Haliaeetus albicilla
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,180,874
- Countries and territories with records
- 85
About this species
This species has 2,180,874 occurrence records from 85 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (45.2%), Denmark (17.2%), Norway (9.7%), the Netherlands (7.4%) and Finland (4.5%); together they account for 84% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.97% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Haliaeetus albicilla combines the genus name Haliaeetus with the species epithet albicilla. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Haliaeetus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus pelagicus and Haliaeetus leucoryphus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 5.3 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.