Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Bald Eagle

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Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Bald Eagle

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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle

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

ID: 1073 3283 3180 0003 (2002-02-25)

INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO

date of photo Oct 1954

latitude 33.64071 longitude -116.14110 max error distance 733 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Thermal (Riverside County, California, US)

notes before release

CalAcademy slide # T 64948

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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Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)

Reviewed by Allen Fish May 16, 2005

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

Reviewer's comments:

"Rounded head and black bills are great clues that a Golden Eagle is really a juvenile (first-year) Bald. Some further clues: large head for body size (Goldens have pinheads); no golden "nape" -- the broad patch of gold iridescent feathers on the back of the head and neck. You could almost use the lack of feathered legs to hint Bald Eagle, however, the leather bracelet obscures the right leg color."

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