{"id":198,"date":"2026-04-30T22:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:39:44","slug":"eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> Family <em>Accipitridae<\/em> (over 60 species). Includes golden eagles, bald eagles, harpy eagles, sea eagles, and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Size:<\/strong> Varies widely \u2013 from 0.5 kg (1 lb) to 7 kg (15 lbs). <strong>Wingspan<\/strong> from 1 meter (3 ft) up to <strong>2.5 meters (8 feet)<\/strong> for the Steller&#8217;s sea eagle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Large, powerful birds with hooked beaks, strong talons, broad wings, and often a white head or tail (bald eagle). Excellent eyesight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Found on every continent except Antarctica \u2013 mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, coastlines, lakeshores, and open country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where found:<\/strong> Worldwide:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>North America:<\/strong> Bald eagle, golden eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South &amp; Central America:<\/strong> Harpy eagle, crested eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Africa:<\/strong> Martial eagle, African fish eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Europe &amp; Asia:<\/strong> Golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, steppe eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Australia:<\/strong> Wedge-tailed eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diet:<\/strong> <strong>Apex predators<\/strong> \u2013 mainly fish, mammals (rabbits, monkeys, small deer), birds, reptiles, and carrion. Some are specialists (fish eagles eat mostly fish; harpy eagles eat monkeys and sloths).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hunting style:<\/strong> Soars high, spots prey with incredible vision (8x sharper than humans), then <strong>dives at 160\u2013320 km\/h (100\u2013200 mph)<\/strong> to snatch with powerful talons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Talons and grip:<\/strong> A harpy eagle&#8217;s talons are as long as bear claws (13 cm \/ 5 inches). Grip strength over 400 psi \u2013 can crush a monkey&#8217;s skull.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nests:<\/strong> Build the <strong>largest nests of any bird<\/strong> \u2013 some weigh over 2 tons (4,400 lbs) and are 2.5 meters (8 feet) across. Used for decades.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lifespan:<\/strong> 15\u201330 years in wild | Up to 50 years in captivity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conservation status:<\/strong> Varies by species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Species<\/th><th>Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Bald eagle<\/td><td>Least Concern (recovered \u2013 success story)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Golden eagle<\/td><td>Least Concern<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Harpy eagle<\/td><td>Near Threatened<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philippine eagle<\/td><td>Critically Endangered (fewer than 500 left)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steller&#8217;s sea eagle<\/td><td>Vulnerable<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Biggest threats:<\/strong> Habitat loss, poaching, pesticides (DDT nearly wiped out bald eagles), electrocution on power lines, lead poisoning (from eating bullet-ridden prey).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fun fact 1:<\/strong> A group of eagles is called a <strong>&#8220;convocation,&#8221; &#8220;aerie,&#8221;<\/strong> or <strong>&#8220;soar.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fun fact 2:<\/strong> Bald eagles are not actually bald \u2013 &#8220;balde&#8221; is an old English word meaning &#8220;white-headed.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fun fact 3:<\/strong> An eagle&#8217;s eyesight is so sharp it can spot a rabbit from <strong>3 kilometers (2 miles)<\/strong> away.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fun fact 4:<\/strong> The <strong>Philippine eagle<\/strong> is the largest eagle by length (1 meter \/ 3 feet tall). The <strong>harpy eagle<\/strong> is the heaviest and most powerful.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Symbolism:<\/strong> The bald eagle is the national bird of the <strong>United States<\/strong>. Eagles appear on flags and emblems of many countries (Germany, Egypt, Mexico, Poland, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Species Status Bald eagle Least Concern (recovered \u2013 success story) Golden eagle Least Concern Harpy eagle Near Threatened Philippine eagle Critically Endangered (fewer than 500 left) Steller&#8217;s sea eagle Vulnerable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offsecplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}