---
title: "Águia-de-cabeça-branca"
description: "Haliaeetus leucocephalus — Aves. The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bald-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Águia-de-cabeça-branca

> Haliaeetus leucocephalus — Aves. The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Haliaeetus leucocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 236786
- Wikidata: [Q127216](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127216)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5305](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5305)

## Names

- en: Bald Eagle
- de: Weißkopfseeadler
- es: Águila cabeza blanca
- fr: Pygargue à tête blanche
- nl: Amerikaanse zeearend
- pt: Águia-de-cabeça-branca
- pl: Bielik amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (163622), CA (54555), MX (200), BM (11), PM (11)

## Summary

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), which occupies the same niche as the bald eagle in the Palearctic. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder that subsists mainly on fish, upon which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons…

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

## Photo

![Águia-de-cabeça-branca](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bald-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242913275

## Machine access

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