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[[Image:Golden_Eagle_adult_by_Gradimir.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Probably Adult<br /> Photo &copy; by {{user|Gradimir|Gradimir}}]]
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[[Image:BramblingIMG 7913.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Breeding male<br /> Photo &copy; by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}]]
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==Identification==
 
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A very large eagle where birds in northern [[Europe]] are about 80-93 cm (31-37") in length, wingspan of 190 to 210 cm (75-83"); birds in the [[US]] and southern Europe are smaller. Females are larger than males.<br />
 
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'''Adult''': body is dark brown with a golden wash across crown and nape (in some birds golden may be replaced by light reddish). Underwing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] like the body while upperwing greater and middle coverts are washed pale. Flight feathers and tail feathers grey with some dark barring and with broad, terminal black band. Legs covered with feathers but toes are yellow as is the base of the bill.
 
  
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====Breeding====
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==Distribution==
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[[North America]], [[Europe]], northern [[Asia]] and North [[Africa]]. The most numerous and widespread [[:Category:Aquila|Aquila]] eagle.
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Breeds throughout [[Norway]] and in all but southernmost parts of [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]], in [[Estonia]] and across northern [[Russia]] east to the Urals. An isolated population breeds in the Alps in northern [[Italy]] and has bred in [[Iceland]], north-central [[Scotland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]] and [[Denmark]].  
  
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==Behaviour==
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In winter usually found in large mixed flocks with other finches mostly feeding in stubble fields lined with trees and bushes. They will visit garden feeders, especially in a hard winter.
  
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Revision as of 21:33, 1 October 2018

Featured Article: Brambling
Breeding male
Photo © by Joseph Morlan

Distribution

Breeds throughout Norway and in all but southernmost parts of Sweden and Finland, in Estonia and across northern Russia east to the Urals. An isolated population breeds in the Alps in northern Italy and has bred in Iceland, north-central Scotland, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

Behaviour

In winter usually found in large mixed flocks with other finches mostly feeding in stubble fields lined with trees and bushes. They will visit garden feeders, especially in a hard winter.

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