{"id":43242,"date":"2013-07-23T11:41:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T09:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:50","slug":"stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/vu-vulnerable\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"Steller&#8217;s Sea Eagle Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Steller&#8217;s Sea Eagle is one of the largest eagles in the world and is threatened by habitat loss, over fishing and poisoning. They occur only in the Russian Far East but migrate south a little in winter when the sea ice makes fishing impossible farther north. In winter they can occur in Japan, China and Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:  Steller&#8217;s Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-377-43242\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3242\" 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\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu\/stellers-sea-eagle-in-flight-haliaeetus-pelagicus-john-a-wright-7095.jpg\" title=\"An adult Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus) in flight in Hokkaido, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus) in flight in Hokkaido, Japan.\" alt=\"Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus) in Flight\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_stellers-sea-eagle-in-flight-haliaeetus-pelagicus-john-a-wright-7095.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus) in Flight<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3241\" 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\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-john-a-wright-5771.jpg\" title=\"An adult Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus) perched in a tree in Hokkaido, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus) perched in a tree in Hokkaido, Japan.\" alt=\"Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_stellers-sea-eagle-haliaeetus-pelagicus-john-a-wright-5771.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Steller&#039;s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus\u00a0pelagicus)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Steller&#8217;s Sea Eagle is one of the largest eagles in the world and is threatened by habitat loss, over fishing and poisoning. They occur only in the Russian Far East but migrate south a little in winter when the sea ice makes fishing impossible farther north. 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