Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle
ハクトウワシ
Character Data
Romaji		Hakutōwashi
Debut		Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Distribution		North America
Diet		Carnivore
Avg. Lifespan		20 years
Read More		Bald eagle
Conservation
Bald Eagle's Merchandise

Bald Eagle

Festival

Pavilion

KF3 (V2)

Nexon Game

Stage Play

Gallery

The Bald Eagle is a type of Friend that first appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Appearance

Bald Eagle has long, white-colored hair. The back of it fades to licorice black at the shoulders, whereas her center bang, symbolizing a beak, turns to yellow. A pair of black, spread-out wings extends from her head. The rectrices of Bald Eagle's tail are colored white, and her eyes are yellow.

Bald Eagle wears a coat which heavily resembles the dress uniform worn by members of the U.S. Marine Corps. It is colored the same shade of black as the ends of her hair. It has yellow buttons, pink trim and a white belt. Underneath her coat, Bald Eagle wears tights of the same color and a navy blue miniskirt. She also wears white gloves and a pair of yellow boots.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role	First Appearance
2015	Nexon Game	↪ Minor character, obtainable
2018	Kemono Friends Pavilion	↪ Minor character, observable
2018	Kemono Friends Festival	↪ Minor character, obtainable
2018	Welcome to Japari Park (2018 ONA)	Minor character	Episode 19
2018	Kemono Friends Picross	Playable puzzle
2018	Stage Play "Kemono Friends 2" ~Kemonos of the Snowy Night~	↪ Minor character
2019	Kemono Friends 3	↪ Major character with multiple obtainable versions
2019	Kemono Friends 3: Planet Tours	↪ Playable character

In Real Life

The bald eagle is a bird of prey native to the North American continent. It is one of the largest raptors in North America. Fish make up the majority of its diet, although it also feeds on mammals and other birds. As an opportunistic hunter, the bald eagle will take other sorts of prey, such as reptiles or amphibians, if given the chance.

The bald eagle's name most likely derives from the adjective "piebald", meaning "spotted with two different colors". This description is quite fitting; the plumage of the bald eagle's body and wings is a dark brown, whereas its head and tail are colored white. Its claws, beak and eyes are yellow.

Two bald eagles perched on a branch.

Bald eagles typically mate for life, although they may seek a new partner if they lose their mate, or if breeding attempts fail repeatedly. They tend to nest in conifers, near bodies of water. The breeding cycle varies depending on the location and lasts around six months. The eagle lays 1-3 eggs, which usually hatch after 35 days. The eaglets then fledge at around 11 weeks of age, although they remain dependent on their parents for several weeks.

Bald eagles have virtually no natural predators, although human activity has posed a grave threat in the mid-20th century. Due to hunting, habitat loss and chemical poisoning, the bald eagle population declined severely, with only 487 nesting pairs remaining by 1963. Thanks to various recovery programs, the population has ever since made a comeback; by the year 2006, 9789 breeding pairs were reported in the continental United States. On June 28, 2007, the bald eagle has been taken off the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's list of endangered and threatened species.

Trivia

• Bald eagles build the largest nests out of any bird in North America, and their nests contend for the largest bird nests found anywhere on Earth.
  • The world record for the largest individual bird's nest is held by a pair of bald eagles; their nest measured 2.9 meters wide and 6 meters deep.
• Bald eagles are often portrayed in media with a piercing, shrill cry which in truth belongs to the red-tailed hawk.
• Bald eagles are one of the many birds of prey listed on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (Updated in 2020)
• The military style of Bald Eagle's uniform, along with the red, white, and blue accents, may be a reference to the fact that the bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States of America.

References

• http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_15.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070703042651/http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=27
• https://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/population/chtofprs.html
• http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-birds-nest
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service