Haliaeetus | |
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
Genus: | Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 |
Type species | |
Haliaeetus nisis Savigny, 1809 = Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 |
Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.