Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Aquila chrysaetos
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, North America, Africa
- Habitat
- Mountains, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Kazakh and Mongol hunters have trained female eagles to hunt foxes from horseback for centuries.
- In a hunting stoop it can dive at well over 200 km/h.
Could you guess it from clues?
WildGuessr picks a secret animal, plant, fungus, stone, prehistoric creature or space object and you ask yes-or-no questions about it, such as its group or where it grows. The fewer clues you need, the more points you score.
Similar animals
- Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
- Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q41181 · All animals · All entries