Talk:Golden eagle

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Add link to Cornell Lab of Ornithology page
 * Golden Eagle Species Account – Cornell Lab of Ornithology — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.155.251 (talk) 20:38, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Edit Request
Hey, so under the "Flight Physiology" section the redundant phrase "most superlative" is used. This could be replaced with any number of superlative words such as "best", "greatest", "most skilled", etc. Furthermore, it might be a bit more friendly to normal users to use "predatory" or "birds-of-prey" over "raptorial" since raptorial is an extremely uncommon word. Thanks for the word choice consideration!

Sir Charms a Lot (talk) 22:40, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Are golden eagles real 2601:CA:4380:8230:B17B:48BA:C564:BC09 (talk) 00:07, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Of course they are. For many people (especially those in America), often associate the word "golden eagle" as a bald eagle that's gold, like the when you see a flag with a golden eagle statue perched on top of it. If you know what a real golden eagle is, you're truly smart when it comes to birds! By the way, both my favorite animals were mentioned right now: the bald eagle and the golden eagle. ;p 2600:6C44:627F:5865:D028:C3FF:FE4B:8D02 (talk) 02:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

One of the most important natural habitats of Golden Eagle is Iran Plateaus. Milad Khoshnoodi (talk) 03:02, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Edit Request
There seems to be a lot of ambiguous use of the term "race" (which occurs 30 times) throughout the Golden Eagle page. It is even more confusing that in certain instances it is being used as species and in others it is being used as subspecies, and it yet others it seems to be referring subspecies within regions. While it is relatively comprehensible without these changes, it is probably worth editing for clarity and scientific accuracy. I don't have the privileges to do this myself and it should probably be done by someone who knows enough about Golden Eagles that they will be able to make the proper replacements. Thanks for the consideration!

Sir Charms a Lot (talk) 01:26, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Lead image
Just in case the reporting user is somehow right and nobody ever noticed, see Help desk. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:14, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2019
Hatcher163 (talk) 19:43, 25 February 2019 (UTC) Call of a golden eagle


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Roadguy2 (talk) 19:58, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Killing permits
Section 8 which is entitled "killing permits" needs revision. First of all only one citation is accessible. This is footnote 111. Footnote 110 is a dead end; nothing comes up when you click on it. So you have only one citation on which this inflammatory heading is based. And if you actually read the accessible article (which is a blurb from the ABC network and not a science journal) no permits have been issued to kill eagles of any kind. The article states that windmill companies have been given 30 year permits to operate instead of 5 year permits because they couldn't make a go of it in only 5 years. The permit costs $36,000 and the company doesn't have to pay a large fine if eagles are killed but the article doesn't mention what that fine has been and whether the cost of the permit is large enough to cover one fine or several fines. The article goes on to say.....

"The proposal will grant access to critical data about eagles, the source said. It will also allow the administration to work with companies in where the companies place their machines -- hopefully to help avoid possible eagle populations.:

“The permitting system gives us access to eagles and eagle mortalities that we wouldn’t otherwise have,” the source said. “It’s a great mechanism for us to work proactively to prevent eagle deaths.”

However there is no explanation regarding how this permitting system works and how it would grant access to information about eagle deaths and how it would prevent eagle deaths. In other words it is a poorly written piece that gives the reader conflicting information. It should not be used as a citation here for a section of the article that's already got problems due to the inflammatory and biased nature of the title. Since renewable/non-polluting sources of energy aren't common and windmills provide both it is especially irresponsible to tack on what amounts to an uninformed pot shot at an industry that might do a lot of good.

Wikipedia has difficulty keeping biased opinion out of its articles and this is just one more example. The section needs revision or removal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.138.89.122 (talk) 02:23, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

How can you change X to Y when X is based on one poorly written and researched article? I'm assuming you're talking about the "killing permits" section? It's completely wrong and needs to be removed. Completely with no substitute since it's an unfounded allegation. If the editor doesn't think it's unfounded then the editor needs to supply a lot more information and citations to back up the claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.252.183.253 (talk) 23:14, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 June 2019
The latest data from band recoveries for Golden Eagles shows the oldest for North America to be 31 years 8 months.

https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/longevity/Longevity_main.cfm 142.165.85.78 (talk) 13:12, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done  Orville1974 talk 02:48, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Verreaux, Golden, Gurney, Wedge-tailed does NOT represent a clade
Verreaux, Golden, Gurney and Wedge-tailed eagles does NOT represent a clade (see Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (2017) in https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3208/ad60e52847d90724b5e4de6eaa2bff4d5f2f.pdf), unless includes also Aquila fasciata and A. spilogaster, since these later species are the closest eagles to the Verreaux eagle.89.181.77.45 (talk) 20:46, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Instead Verreaux's eagle together with Bonelli's eagles (A. fasciata and A. spilogaster) constitute a clade.

Also surprising, e.g. the Tawny eagle (A. rapax, not including A. nipalensis) together Imperial eagles (A. adalberti and A. heliaca) also form a clade. If A. nipalensis is included then remains a clade. 89.181.77.45 (talk) 15:12, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2020
A baby golden eagle is called a eaglet Flynn4thewin (talk) 06:47, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


 * ❌. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 13:24, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Moving personal experience (Not encyclopedic)
I just surprised one feeding in a meadow from 50 feet away near the Western Divide Highway, Tulare County, CA. A large powerful bird that got airborne easily but took multiple flaps to pick up speed. A near religious experience. No edit request. Seki1949 (talk) 07:12, 10 June 2020 (UTC)


 * If the question you're asking is if eagles flap their wings, the awnser is yes. Many people think eagles only soar. Usually, an eagle flaps to take off and while flying close to the ground (to control any sudden movements in case they're about to crash). Normally, they soar while high in the sky during a sunny day, because the sun causes thermals, which are basically currents in the sky that allow birds of prey to soar effortlessly. On a cloudy, overcast day, there are no thermals therefore, raptors need to flap their wings. They flaps while taking off, near to the ground or on an overcast day. They soar while there are thermals on a sunny day. 2600:6C44:627F:5865:D028:C3FF:FE4B:8D02 (talk) 01:04, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Speed
There is not any reference informing that golden eagles reaches more than 150km/h in a stoop. Although much more maneuverable (for its size) than a peregrine falcon, golden eagles specially fast in stoops even when compared with other (small ou large) eagles. 62.169.124.234 (talk) 14:30, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Sound recording
I guess the duplicate sound recording is unnecessary. JMK (talk) 12:46, 27 January 2021 (UTC) i have to say something we need to help them

The one where I ask questions about golden eagles in Ireland... again. O_O
I know it's strange to ask this question, but I learned there are sightings of golden eagles in Ireland, and I was just wondering which cities, towns, villages etc. they were found in. Who would have thought learning about Irish golden eagles would be so fun! ;) EAGLITIZED (talk) 22:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 December 2023
In the taxonomy part, in the follwing paragraph

"Other largish Aquila species, the eastern imperial, the Spanish imperial, the tawny and the steppe eagles, are now thought to be separate, close-knit clade, which attained some similar characteristics to the prior clade via convergent evolution."

please hiperlink these species' pages. Miguel Appleton (talk) 00:23, 29 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Rehsarb (talk) 14:00, 29 December 2023 (UTC)