Golden Eagle
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Abstract
The Golden Eagle inhabits a wide range of latitudes and habitats throughout the Palearctic and into northern Africa, where it is largely resident. In North America, its breeding distribution includes most of Canada and Alaska, as well as the western half of the United States and northern and western Mexico. Most eagles that nest in northern Canada and interior and northern Alaska migrate thousands of kilometers to wintering grounds. Southern eagles tend to be resident year-round, but some make northward, latitudinal, or altitudinal migrations when not on territory. During the non-breeding season, Golden Eagle occurs in Mexico, every U.S. state, and in the southern parts of Canada. It is most common in western North America, especially near open spaces that provide hunting habitat with ample prey, near cliffs or trees that supply nesting sites, and topography that creates updrafts essential for flight. Recent research has shown that the Golden Eagle is more common than once thought in eastern North America as well as in forested areas continent-wide, and that young individuals may summer in large numbers in the vast and productive wetlands of northernmost North America.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Golden Eagle |
| DOI | 10.2173/bow.goleag.02 |
| Edition | Version 2.0 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Birds of the World |
| Contributing office(s) | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
| Description | HTML Document |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Birds of the world |
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