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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle

Photographer: Glenn and Martha Vargas
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 1073 3283 3180 0001 (2002-02-25)

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date of photo Oct 1954

location Thermal (Riverside County, California, US)

notes close-up

CalAcademy slide # T 64945

photo category: Animal - Bird

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL

common names Bald Eagle, Pygargue à Tête Blanche, Águila Cabeza Blanca (ITIS )

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Reviewed by Allen Fish May 16, 2005

Action: changed name from "Aquila chrysaetos" to "Haliaeetus leucocephalus "

Reviewer's comments:

"Up close, Balds have this tall, slightly rounded schnozz, er, bill. As juveniles, the bill is blackish, like licorice. It gradually turns yellow over five years' time. Golden Eagle bills are flat and wide with yellow in the "lips" or corners and on the cere, grayish in the middle, and black near the tip. Golden bills never change with age. Also Balds have a big rounded head. Golden heads are flat."

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