Editing Golden eagle (section)

== Status and conservation ==
{{main|Status and conservation of the golden eagle}}

[[File:Aquila chrysaetos 3 (Martin Mecnarowski).jpg|thumb|In flight in [[Czech Republic]]]]
At one time, the golden eagle lived in a great majority of temperate [[Europe]], North [[Asia]], [[North America]], North [[Africa]], and [[Japan]]. Although widespread and quite secure in some areas, in many parts of the range golden eagles have experienced sharp population declines and have even been extirpated from some areas. The number of golden eagles from around the range is estimated to be between 170,000 and 250,000 while the estimates of breeding pairs are from 60,000 to 100,000.<ref name= Watson/><ref>Rich, T.D.; Beardmore, C.J.; Berlanga, H.; Blancher, P.J.; Bradstreet, M.S.W.; Butcher, G.S.; Demarest, D.W.; Dunn, E.H.; Hunter, W.C.; Inigo-Elias, E.E.; Martell, A.M.; Panjabi, A.O.; Pashley, D.N.; Rosenberg, K.V.; Rustay, C.M.; Wendt, J.S.; Will, T.C. (2004). ''Partners in flight: North American landbird conservation plan''. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.</ref>  It has the largest known range of any member of its family, with a range estimated at 140 million square kilometers. If its taxonomic [[Accipitriformes|order]] is considered, it is the second most wide-ranging species after only the [[osprey]] (''Pandion haliaetus'').<ref name="IUCN" /><ref name="Osprey">{{cite web |title=Osprey ''Pandion haliaetus'' |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/osprey-pandion-haliaetus |publisher=BirdLife International |format=Data Zone |year=2020|access-date=21 November 2020|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Few other eagle species are as numerous, though some species like the tawny eagle, wedge-tailed eagle and bald eagle have total estimated populations of a similar size to the golden eagle's despite their more restricted distributions.<ref name="Brown"/><ref name= Ferguson-Lees/>  The world's most populous eagle may be the [[African fish eagle]] (''Haliaeetus vocifer''), which has a stable total population estimated at 300,000 and is found solely in [[Africa]].<ref name="Brown"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalraptors.org/grin/SpeciesResults.asp?specID=8275 |title=African Fish Eagle, ''Haliaeetus vocifer'' |website=The Peregrine Fund |access-date=2013-05-24 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010756/http://globalraptors.org/grin/SpeciesResults.asp?specID=8275 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On a global scale, the golden eagle is not considered threatened by the [[IUCN]].<ref name="IUCN" />
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