White-tailed Sea Eagle

(fi: merikotka, sv: havsörn)

Haliaeetus albicilla

Identification

Behaviour

Habitat

Environmental changes and species ecology

Factors that affect the abundance and/or behavior of the species.

Endangered status in Finland

ENDANGERED CATEGORY (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification)

IUCN threat classifications

CR Critically endangered

EN Endangered

VU Endangered

NT Near threatened

LC Least concern

2019 LC - least concern

2015 VU - vulnerable

2010 VU - vulnerable

2000 VU - vulnerable

Regulations

Large birds of prey (NCD 2023/9, 73 §)

The nesting tree of a large bird of prey, where the nest is in regular use and clearly visible, is protected.

EU Directive on Conservation of Wild Birds Annex I

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna - CITES, Appendix I

EU regulation regarding CITES, Appendix A

OUTDATED Species to be protected urgently (Finnish Environment Institute 2010-2011)

Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Lajiturva Project 2019–2021

OUTDATED Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2013/471)

OUTDATED Species under strict protection (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2013/471)