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Where does the Golden Eagle live?

Aquila chrysaetos has 860,588 records in 95 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeAquila

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 410,624
Sweden 115,416
France 66,818
Canada 53,340
Spain 53,060
Norway 42,404
Finland 29,803
Denmark 18,387
Portugal 11,390
Austria 8,179
Italy 6,892
Switzerland 5,047
India 4,244
Türkiye 3,664
Russia 3,272
Mexico 2,679
Iran 2,583
China 2,523
Mongolia 2,142
Kazakhstan 1,527
United Kingdom 1,460
Germany 1,351
Greece 1,230
Netherlands 1,194
Israel 1,186
Georgia 1,121
Bulgaria 1,052
Kyrgyzstan 949
Andorra 696
Azerbaijan 532
Armenia 514
Morocco 454
Ukraine 450
Slovakia 443
Nepal 439
Estonia 347
Poland 334
Romania 257
Uzbekistan 234
Algeria 199

Showing the top 40 of 95 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.