Golden Eagle Facts: North America's LARGEST Bird of Prey

Golden eagles are some of the largest birds of prey in North America. These giant birds can be confused with bald eagles when the later are juveniles, but golden eagle adults don't have that characteristic "bald" head. Golden eagles are active hunters soaring the skies while searching for small mammalian prey. In a dive, they can fly as fast as 150mph (241.4km/h). These birds like wide, open areas with high perches for surveying the land. They'll aggressively defend their nests which they'll share with a potentially lifelong partner. Scientific Name: Aquila chrysaetos Range: northern hemisphere throughout North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa Size: 2.5 feet long (76.2cm), wingspans of 7 feet (2.13cm); females are larger than males Diet: small mammals like hares, squirrels, and prairie dogs Lifespan: 30+ years ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ ? https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles MORE EAGLE FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES Philippine Eagle Facts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQx4G6fFfeU Martial Eagle Facts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxduFz2XGQ Harpy Eagle Facts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5t2hYP8sEw There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: ? TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt ? Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles ? Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles ? Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles EDIT: At 1:17 a red kite is shown, not a golden eagle. Sorry for the misidentification on our part! Also, the beginning of the video might seem a little choppy because we needed to fix a mistake in the YouTube editor. Thanks for your understanding! --- Image and Video Credits: Ross Dean Mitchell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMjG13rfasw Tony Hisgett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/6025196661; https://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/6026732299; https://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/6022378177; https://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/6022365791 Markel Olano - https://www.flickr.com/photos/goierritarra1/4164761178 Chuck Abbe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckthephotographer/2391752888 Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washinton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/blmoregon/11410827244 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - https://www.flickr.com/photos/odfw/15432622498 daryl_mitchell - https://www.flickr.com/photos/daryl_mitchell/5177342064 Bering Land Bridge National Perserve - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bering_land_bridge/10040545065 USFWS Mountain-Pairie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmtnprairie/8600070901 Andy Morffew - https://www.flickr.com/photos/andymorffew/30072594626 Walter Siegmund - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliaeetus_leucocephalus_38319.JPG KetaDesign - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_Bald_Eagle.jpg BrokenSphere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)#/media/File:French_Imperial_Eagle,_Louvre_des_Antiquaires.jpg kangaroovindaloo Research Credits: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden_Eagle/id# https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden_Eagle/overview# https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/golden-eagle https://www.audubon.org/news/is-golden-eagle-actually-bald-eagle https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/g/golden-eagle/ https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/golden-eagle https://www.britannica.com/animal/golden-eagle https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/684/articles/introduction https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1981.tb00975.x https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320706000735 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1647/2009-006.1 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063650609461441 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/royal-raptor-180949437/ http://www.native-languages.org/legends-eagle.htm #animalfactfiles #goldeneagle #goldeneaglefacts ***I tried really hard to make sure only golden eagles are pictured in this video, but I'm really not great at identification, so my apologies if something shows up that isn't a golden eagle!!!