bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Description
English: Drawing/watercolor of a bald eagle.
Date published 1851
Source Rural Hours, 1851, facing p. 424.
Author Susan Fenimore Cooper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rural_Hours_-_Bald_Eagle.jpg
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek hali "sea", aiētos "eagle", leuco "white", cephalos "head") is a bird of prey found in North America. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico.
