{"id":25419,"date":"2012-11-05T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:57","slug":"golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas. Despite being locally extinct or uncommon, the species is still fairly ubiquitious, being present in Eurasia, North America and parts of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Golden Eagle\u00a0<i>Aquila\u00a0chrysaetos<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-291-25419\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2165\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-6.jpg\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/thumbs\/thumbs_golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2164\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-5.jpg\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/thumbs\/thumbs_golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-5.jpg\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2163\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-4.jpg\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/thumbs\/thumbs_golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2162\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-3.jpg\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/thumbs\/thumbs_golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2161\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos\/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos-2.jpg\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) \" 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Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas. 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