Bald Eagle Trivia Questions And Answers
What is a bald eagle?
A: The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in
North America.
A sea eagle, it has two known sub-species and forms a
species pair with the what?
A: White-tailed eagle .
Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the
contiguous United States, and where?
A: Northern Mexico.
The bald eagle is found near large bodies of open water
with an abundant food supply and what?
A: Old-growth trees for nesting.
The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists
mainly on what?
A: Fish, which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons.
The bald eagle builds the largest nest of any what?
A: North American bird.
It makes the largest "what" ever recorded for any
animal
species?
A: Tree nests.
At what age is sexual maturity reached?
A: At the age of four to five years.
The bald eagles name derives from an older meaning of what?
A: "white headed".
The adult bald eagle is mainly brown with a white what?
A: Head and tail.
The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are what?
A: About 25 percent larger than males.
The beak is large and what?
A: Hooked.
The plumage of the immature is what
color?
A: Brown.
The bald eagle is both the national bird and national
animal of what country?
A: The United States of America.
In the late 20th century, the bald eagle was on the brink
of what in the continental United States?
A: extirpation.
Populations recovered and the species was removed from the
list of endangered species on what date?
A: July 12, 1995 and transferred to the list of threatened species.
It was removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife in the Lower 48 States on what date?
A: June 28, 2007.
What color are the beak, feet and irises?
A: Bright yellow.
The legs are feather-free, and the toes are short and
powerful with what?
A: Large talons.
The highly developed talon of the hind toe is used for
what?
A: To pierce the vital areas of prey while it is held immobile by the front
toes.
The bald eagle has sometimes been considered the largest
what?
A: True raptor (accipitrid) in North America.
The only larger species of raptor-like bird is the what?
A: California condor (Gymnogyps californianus).
What is the body length of the bald eagle?
A: 70–102 cm (28–40 in).
Typical wingspan is between 1.8 and 2.3 m (5.9 and 7.5 ft)
and mass is normally what?
A: Between 3 and 6.3 kg (6.6 and 13.9 lb).
The size of the bird varies by location and generally
corresponds with what?
A: Bergmann's rule, since the species increases in size further away from the
Equator and the tropics.
The largest eagles are from where?
A: Alaska, where large females may weigh up to 7.5 kg (17 lb) and span 2.44 m
(8.0 ft) across the wings.
The bald eagle is the only sea eagle endemic to where?
A: North America.
The bald eagle is a powerful flier, and soars on what?
A: Thermal convection currents.
It reaches speeds of 56–70 km/h (35–43 mph) when what?
A: Gliding and flapping.
How fast does it fly while carrying fish?
A: about 48 km/h (30 mph).
What is its dive speed?
A: Between 120–160 km/h (75–99 mph), though it seldom dives vertically.