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Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

A winter visitor to Virginia, found in 92 of 133 counties and cities and 5 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
92 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
92 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Virginia 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits

Sassafras Mountain rock outcrop
WinterSouthern Piedmont Cliff; Southern Appalachian Montane CliffRock outcrop on a mountain summit. Shown: Sassafras Mountain, on the North Carolina and South Carolina line, a neighboring state.Sassafras Mountain rock outcrop, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County
WinterSouthern Interior Calcareous CliffLimestone cedar glade. Shown: Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Kentucky, a neighboring state.Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Mason Brock (Masebrock), undated. Public domain. Source record.

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
WinterSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous ModifierGrassy mountain bald with shrub islands. Shown: Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, Swain County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020, Andrea Walton / Great Smoky Mountains National Park, July 2020. Public domain. Source record.

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

WinterNorth-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

Winter
Other habitats in its models (12)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.

  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Winter.
  • Southern Interior Acid Cliff Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 92 of 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 266

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 109

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources