Bald Eagle
Name: Bald EagleScientific Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Basic Information:
The Bald Eagle is indigenous to North America and is the national bird of the United States. It is related to other sea eagles and is found near forests for nesting and areas of open water.
These large birds can have a wing span up to 240 cm (88 inches) but only weight 6 kg (14 lbs). They are easily idendified by their white head and yellow irises, beak, and taloned feet. Young Bald Eagles are usually brown. They stick to a diet of fish but eat other small mammals when food is scarce.
Bald Eagles are well known for the conservation plan that brought them back from being an endangered species. Hunting and pollution destroyed large numbers of the eagles in the 1900s. Although still protected, it was delisted from the United States list of threatened wildlife in 2007.
Habitat Information:
Tundra - One of our smaller exhibits, the tundra habitat at Windaroo Zoo offers a chance for our visitors, who wouldn't otherwise have a chance to witness the natural beauty of this environment, to see a small number of the animals found in the polar regions of the globe where temperatures often drop below 0 degrees.
Bald Eagles at Windaroo:
We are lucky enough to have received a young injured Bald Eagle form the United States. He is located near the other large eagles and hawks by the aviary in the center of Windaroo.
Related Animals:
Polar Bear
Reindeer
Wolf
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