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Alaska Gap Analysis Project: Distribution Models for Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of Alaska
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Bald Eagle Breeding Distribution

Habitat

Breed in mature and old-growth forests near (<2 km) large bodies of water (Buehler 2000). Nests in trees, less frequently on cliffs or ground (Sherrod et al. 1976).

References

Buehler, D. A. 2000. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). In The Birds of North America. Vol. 7, No. 506 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union.

Sherrod, S. K., C. M. White, and F. S. L. Williamson. 1976. Biology of the Bald Eagle on Amchitka Island, Alaska. Living Bird 15:145-182.

Project Reports

Final Report Species Atlas

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