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Wikipedia: The Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas.
![[1870s illustration of burkut falconers in Eastern Turkestan.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hunting_with_Golden_Eagles__s.jpg "1870s illustration of burkut falconers in Eastern Turkestan.")
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![[Golden Eagle eyrie in the Valley of the Siagne de la Pare, Alpes]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nid_d_27Aigle_s.jpg "Golden Eagle eyrie in the Valley of the Siagne de la Pare, Alpes")
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![[Subadult, note white in tail and dark neck.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orel_skaln_C3_AD_2_s.jpg "Subadult, note white in tail and dark neck.")
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![[Nestling near fledging, losing down feathers.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orel_skaln_C3_AD_1_s.jpg "Nestling near fledging, losing down feathers.")
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from Ragimiri |
![[Injured Golden Eagle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sulphurcreekeagle2008_s.jpg "Injured Golden Eagle")
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![[Nestling, 14 days after hatching.Note second egg, still unhatched.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Steinadler_Baby_vierzehn_Tage_alt_12052007_01_s.jpg "Nestling, 14 days after hatching.Note second egg, still unhatched.")
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from Johann Jaritz |
![[Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Steinadler_Aquila_chrysaetos_closeup1_Richard_Bartz_s.jpg "Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos")
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![[At San Francisco Zoo, USA. Beak is well-suited to tear apart large prey]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Aquila_chrysaetos_San_Francisco_Zoo_2C_California_2C_USA_head_8a_s.jpg "At San Francisco Zoo, USA. Beak is well-suited to tear apart large prey")
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from Richard Bartz |
 from Jason Hickey |
![[Subadult A. c. canadensis in flight, Alaska.Note white in underwings and tail.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Aquila_chrysaetos_USFWS_s.jpg "Subadult A. c. canadensis in flight, Alaska.Note white in underwings and tail.")
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