The Bald Eagle

Kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that place it here:

Moves and flies on its own

Eats other animals for nourishment

Multicellular with specialized eukaryotic cells

Ingests food and digests food in an internal activity

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that place it here

Has an opening on each end of its body

Has a notochord at some phase of their life

Has head, tail, and main body

Has bilaterally symmetrical

Class: Aves

Characteristics that place it here

Is a bird

Produces amniote eggs- eggs with hard shells

Lays eggs high so that predators can't get them

Order: Falconiformes

Characteristics that place it here:

Hawk and vultures

Family: Accipitridae

Genius: Haliaeetus

Species: Haliaeetus leuccephalus 

The Bald eagle has a white head and neck with a dark brown body.

References: .www.animaldiversity.web. 

Information and pictures from Animal Diversity Web.  Jan. 10, 2001.  

<http://www.animaldiversityweb.com/org

Poem:

The Bald Eagle is so strong and so awesome.

The Bald Eagle is stealthy and fast.

The Bald Eagle is the best and nothing will ever be better.