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How wide is a bald eagle?

An adult bald eagle has a wingspan of about 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in).

What is measured: typical adult wingspan

Bald eagle (2.3 m) drawn to scale beside a doorway (2 m) and a 20-foot shipping container (6.06 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Doorway (2 m), Bald eagle (2.3 m) and Shipping container (20 ft) (6.06 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the height of a doorway
  • About 1.4× the height of an adult person
  • About 2 would fit end to end along a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 5 would fit end to end along a city bus
  • About 6× the height of a bowling pin

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Facts about Bald eagle

Bald eagles build some of the largest nests of any bird, with nests sometimes exceeding 2.5 metres across.

Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Bald Eagle; Cornell Lab of Ornithology — Bald Eagle

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Bald eagle
Okapi1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)0.74×
Red kangaroo1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)0.78×
Welwitschia2 m (6 ft 7 in)0.87×
Moeraki Boulder2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)0.96×
Harpy eagle2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)0.96×
Bald eagle2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)this page
Victoria amazonica leaf3 m (9 ft 10 in)1.3×
Giant sunflower3 m (9 ft 10 in)1.3×
Giant Pacific octopus3 m (9 ft 10 in)1.3×
California condor3 m (9 ft 10 in)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Bald eagle or Red kangaroo?

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