golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Description	
GOLDEN EAGLE.
Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.)
Ulho. W. Greve. Berlin
Date	1885
Source	http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6028609879
Author	Keulemans, J. G.; Lilford, Thomas Littleton Powys; Newton, Alfred; Salvin, Osbert; Thorburn, Archibald
Full title	Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands / issued by Lord Lilford.
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The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some of its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa.