black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms: Haliaeetus nisus Savigny,1826; Haliaetus brooksiHume, 1870;
Haliaetus hypoleucus Ridgway, 1884; Haliaetos orientalis Brehm, 1831; Haliaetos
islandicus Brehm, 1831; Haliaetos leucocephalus Brehm, 1831; Haliaetos
groenlandicus Brehm, 1831; Haliaetos einereus Brehm, 1855; Haliaetos funereus
Brehm, 1855; Vulture albicilla Linnaeus, 1758; Aquila albicilla Nilson, 1858; Aquila
borealis Brehm, 1824; Aquila Islandica Brehm, 1824; Aquila Groenlandica Brehm,
1824; Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 1758; Falco melanaetos Linnaeus, 1766; Falco
Ossifragus Linnaeus, 1766; Falco albicaudus Gmelin, 1788; Falco hinnularius
Latham, 1790; Falco pygargus Daudin, 1800.
Common names: Engl: White-tailed eagle: Bulg: Morski orel; Rom: Codalb; Russ:
Orlan-belokhvost; Turk: Beyaz kuyruklu kartal, Ak kuyruklu kartal; Ukr: Orlan-
bilohvist.
Order FALCONIFORMES
Family ACCIPITRIDAE
Taxonomic description. A very large eagle with wide, long wings, a massive yellow
beak and short wedge-shaped white tail. In flight the primaries are flung out like
fingers. It has a brown-grey plumage, but the head and throat are lighter. Young
have a dark brown head and tail and dark grey beak, and barred underwings and belly.
IUCN Status
World level: NE
Black Sea Regional level: VU
Subregion level: VU
Distribution. Along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast nesting areas are located near
Lake Mandra, on the rivers Djavolska and Ropotamo (and on the marsh Arkutino),
and in Dobrudja - to the west of Lake Shabla. Several pairs nest in the Danube delta,
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