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Species · Haliaeetus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
The bald eagle is a large North American raptor closely associated with water. Fishing, scavenging and opportunistic feeding all contribute to its …
species · Scientific classification
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Classification in context
Lineage
- LifeLife
- DomainEukaryota
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
- GenusHaliaeetus
- SpeciesHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Advanced classification
Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.
- cellular organisms cellular root
- Eukaryota domain
- Opisthokonta clade
- Metazoa kingdom
- Eumetazoa clade
- Bilateria clade
- Deuterostomia clade
- Chordata phylum
- Craniata subphylum
- Vertebrata clade
- Gnathostomata clade
- Teleostomi clade
- Euteleostomi clade
- Sarcopterygii superclass
- Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
- Tetrapoda clade
- Amniota clade
- Sauropsida clade
- Sauria clade
- Archelosauria clade
- Archosauria clade
- Dinosauria clade
- Saurischia clade
- Theropoda clade
- Coelurosauria clade
- Aves class
- Neognathae infraclass
- Neoaves clade
- Telluraves clade
- Accipitrimorphae clade
- Accipitriformes order
- Accipitridae family
- Accipitrinae subfamily
- Haliaeetus genus
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus species
NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗
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Principal members
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