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Is a bald eagle really a hawk?

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No They Are Just Called Bald Eagles Because Of Their White Heads On Top Of Their Most Commonly Brown Or Black Bodies. And FTW 8D They Get The Term Bald Eagles Because Accordingly To What I Just Stated, They Look Like They Are Bald For That Reason.

No. Their heads are covered with white feathers.

Supposedly BITD another word for white was "pie bald".

But piebald eagle became too much of a mouthful, so the name became "bald eagle".

no. The bald eagle is a brownish black bird. It has a white head, therefore it is called a bald eagle.

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No, but are close relatives of Buteo hawks, like red tailed, red shouldered, and others.They are lumped with the Buteo hawks in the subfamily Buteoninae.

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All bald eagles are eagles, but not all eagles are bald eagles. There are many different kinds of eagles and the bald eagle is just one of them.

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No. It was called "bald", because of the white feathers on the head.

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