The Steller's sea eagle

The Steller's sea eagle

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The Steller's sea eagle is one of the largest birds of prey. The eagle is often called the worlds most magnificent bird of prey. The eagle is some times known as the Stellers sea eagle or the white-shouldered eagle. In the wild, the eagle can live up to 20-25 years. The mature eagle has dark brown to black plumage, with strongly contrasting white on the lesser and median upper wing coverts, underwing coverts, thighs, under tail coverts and tail. They have a diamond-shaped whitetail. The eagle's eyes, bill, and the feet are yellow. The young Steller's sea eagle has a dark brownish iris, whitish legs, blackish brown beak and there plumage is largely a uniform dark sooty-brown with occasional grey-brown streaking above the head and the neck. The females can grow upto 6-9 kg and the males can grow up to 5-7 kg. The length of the eagle is 85 to 105 cm and the wingspan is 1.95 to 2.5 meters.
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The eagle mainly feeds on fish like salmon and trout it may also feed on puffins, crabs and deer carcasses. The eagle is found in Russia, China, Korea and in Japan. The eagle was first discovered by Peter Simon Pallas a naturalist and was named after zoologist and explorer George Wilhelm Steller. The eagle lays up to 1-3 eggs but usually, only 1 survives.
Seller's sea-eagle holding frozen fish in its talons as it flies over snow covered sea

Here are some interesting facts 



  1. The eagle is the largest sea eagle in the world.
  2. Is also known as the heaviest bird of prey.
  3. A pair will maintain 2 to 4 nest in one breeding territory.










Comments

  1. glam pixieMarch 29, 2019 at 9:47 AM

    Wow! What an interesting read, was so engaged throughout and loved the facts at the end . Looking forward to read more .

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