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Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus · Family Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 7,820,130
- Countries and territories with records
- 25
About this species
This species has 7,820,130 occurrence records from 25 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (81.4%) and Canada (18.6%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.57% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Haliaeetus leucocephalus combines the genus name Haliaeetus with the species epithet leucocephalus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Haliaeetus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Haliaeetus albicilla, Haliaeetus pelagicus and Haliaeetus leucoryphus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 19 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.