The lost eagle that wandered 8 thousand km from the route and ended up in the United States

The lost eagle that wandered 8 thousand km from the route and ended up in the United States
  • Camilla Veras Mota – @cavmota
  • From BBC Brazil in Sao Paulo

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The species is native to northern Asia, but one of them ended up on the other side of the planet – and became a local celebrity.

Steller’s sea eagle (haliaetus pelagicus) is a huge bird: the wingspan can exceed two meters, and the weight – 9 kg.

It is a rare, vulnerable bird – whose population is estimated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature at 4,000 individuals – that lives in northern Asia, in the region between Siberia, Russia, Japan and China.

Although one of them is away from home for one and a half years. away, about 8,000 kilometers away.

First sighted in the US state of Alaska in August 2020, the eagle has already been seen in Texas in the south of the country, then in Nova Scotia, Canada and, most recently, in Massachusetts and Maine in the northeast of the United States Has been observed. , With a white patch on the left wing that makes it easy to identify, it has become something of a local celebrity.

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