Bald eagle migration route
5 Bald eagle tracks from animals tagged in LifeTrack Bald Eagle study, USA. Pick one and press play to draw its route day by day.
- Scientific name
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Tagged in
- LifeTrack Bald Eagle study, USA
- Years recorded
- 2014 to 2021
- Animals on this page
- 5
Drawing the map.
Records by animal
| Animal | Recorded | Days | Distance | Longest day | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangchen | 2015-01-07 ~ 2021-10-28 | 1,755 | 15,392 km | 166 km | 1: United States of America |
| Freedom | 2016-05-15 ~ 2021-02-02 | 1,668 | 53,026 km | 355 km | 2: United States of America, Canada |
| Lola | 2014-05-31 ~ 2014-09-02 | 52 | 42 km | 3 km | 1: United States of America |
| Aang | 2014-07-04 ~ 2014-07-11 | 8 | 291 km | 194 km | 1: United States of America |
| Trace | 2014-06-04 ~ 2014-06-09 | 6 | 0 km | 0 km | 1: United States of America |
Distance adds up straight lines between one point per day. The real path was longer.
Countries are counted only where a daily point falls inside a border. Points at sea are not counted.
Red List status
We only show a status after a person has checked it on the IUCN site. Not checked yet.
Where this record comes from
Citation (as given)
Kays R, Engelmann M, Simons T. 2026. Data from: Study "LifeTrack Bald Eagle". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.642
License: CC BY 4.0 (credit required)
Original data (DOI): doi:10.5441/001/1.642
We reduced the original data to one point per day and removed points that jump away from the days around them.
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