Distribution & Habitat

Golden eagles are the most widely distributed of the eagles, they exist on all continents in the northern hemisphere, but do to habitat loss and killing by humans the largest populations exist in North American. The eagle’s preferred habitat is in hilly our mountainous terrain, but they sometimes live in forested areas. Golden Eagles have a large territory, with multiple nest sites, but they only patrol the territory that is in the vicinity of the nest that is being use at the time. When and Eagles nesting territory is in the for north they will migrate to lower latitudes for the winter, but return during breading season. The Eagles that nest in the lower latitude stay in the area year round.