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English: Golden Eagle from Ornithology of Straits of Gibraltar from Lt Col L Howard Irby 1895 which is freely licensed
Date 26 November 2012, 17:20:32
Source Ornithology f the Straits of Gibraltar http://archive.org/stream/ornithologyofstr00irbyrich#page/n0/mode/2up
Author unknown but in old book by Lt Col L Howard Irby
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Eagle_ornithologyofstr00irbyrich_0198.jpg

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.