How the Eagles Live My purpose of this paper is to explain the different types of eagles and how they live. The bald eagle has the scientific name of haliaetus leucocephalus and is named for its white feathers that cover its head and neck. It is from the family accipitridae. An adult bald eagle is usually 40 inches long, and has a wingspan of about 6-7 feet. The adult bald eagle is dark brown with a …showed first 75 words of 610 total…

…showed last 75 words of 610 total…built, brown above with a black throat and black-spotted white underparts. It has a short, barred tail and bright yellow eyes. It is large and strong enough to kill jackals and small antelopes, but its usual food is gallinaceous birdsand hyraxes. Verreaux's eagle (aquila verreauxi) is an uncommon bird of eastern and southern Africa. It is black with white rump and wing patches. It reaches about 80 cm in length, and it subsists mainly on hyraxes.