The White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) — also called the Sea Eagle, Erne (sometimes Ern), and White-tailed Sea-eagle — is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers. It is considered a close cousin of the Bald Eagle and occupies the same ecological niche, but in Eurasia.
Read more about White-tailed Eagle: Description, Distribution and Systematics, Diet, Breeding, Near-extinction and Recovery in Europe, Heraldry, Prehistory, Folklore, Live Nest Camera
Famous quotes containing the words white-tailed and/or eagle:
“The white-tailed hornet lives in a balloon
That floats against the ceiling of the woodshed.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 30:18-19.
From the oracle of Agur, son of Jakeh.