Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Golden Eagle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)
Genus	Aquila (a genus of birds)
Family	ACCIPITRIDAE (hawks, kites, eagles, vultures, kites, hawks, eagles, vultures)
Order	ACCIPITRIFORMES (ospreys, hawks, kites, eagles, vultures)
Class	AVES (birds)
Superclass	TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
Phylum	CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Superphylum	DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hamblin, M.	2004	Golden Eagle	Vol 15, No 4 Page: 274

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AVES
(birds)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Identification Works

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