Golden Eagle

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Powerful raptor of mountains and open plateaus, the golden eagle soars on two-metre wings, its nape gleaming bronze. From Alaska to Morocco it stoops at 240 km/h to take rabbits, marmots and kid goats, nesting on cliffs for decades. A sentinel of wild, windswept country.

Habitat: The Golden Eagle can be found in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia-and-herz, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North-korea, South-korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi-arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United-arab-emirates, United-kingdom, United-states-of-america, Florida-us, Alaska-us, Texas-us, California-us, New-york-us, Hawaii-us, Uzbekistan, W-sahara, Yemen, Czechia, Kuwait, Belgium, Cyprus, Netherlands