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title: "Zeearend"
description: "Haliaeetus albicilla — Vogels. The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the \"sea eagle\", is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-tailed-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zeearend

> Haliaeetus albicilla — Vogels. The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the "sea eagle", is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia.

- Scientific name: *Haliaeetus albicilla*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 32106
- Wikidata: [Q25438](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25438)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5309](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5309)

## Names

- en: White-tailed Eagle
- de: Seeadler
- es: Pigargo europeo
- fr: Pygargue à queue blanche
- nl: Zeearend
- pt: Águia-rabalva
- pl: Bielik

## Countries with the most observations

RU (12964), DE (2869), DK (1592), NO (1588), FI (992), PL (933), GB (909), UA (861), SE (785), AT (619), CZ (607), JP (576)

## Summary

The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the "sea eagle", is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Like other eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which also includes other diurnal raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers. One of up to eleven members in the genus Haliaeetus, which are commonly called sea eagles, it is also referred to as the white-tailed sea-eagle. Sometimes, it is known as the ern or erne (depending on spelling by sources), gray sea eagle and Eurasian sea eagle.
While found across a wide range, breeding from as…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_eagle

## Photo

![Zeearend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-tailed-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85185426

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-tailed-eagle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).