Bald Eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America, with a range that included Canada, the continental United States, and northern Mexico. It is the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. The bald eagle's name derives from its adult plumage: its body is mainly brown, but its head is white. The bald eagle is primarily a picovore.

After speding much of the second half of the 20th Century on the endangered species list on the continental United States, the bald eagle made a substantial recorvery thanks in large part to the banning of DDT.

Bald Eagle in Atlantis
The white-headed eagle remained common in Atlantis even as their larger red-crested cousins vanished.

During the Atlantean War of Independence, Victor Radcliff saw a white-headed eagle and reflected that one of the eagle's favorite tactics was to wait for another bird of prey to make a catch, and then steal the catch from the other bird. Radcliff reflected that the white-headed eagle was fine symbol for Britain.