Hey guys how do you tell a male from a female BE?
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Hey guys how do you tell a male from a female BE?
Females are always bigger.
Females beaks are also brighter yellow.
Roy, it is a personal observation, you are right, the females are always larger and next time you see a pair together,
The female has a larger and more yellow beak also.
well what if there is only one bird in the frame :D ?
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Bald Eagles are sexually dimorphic with females bigger than males as mentioned. This "reverse" sexual dimorphism (male birds are bigger than females as a general rule) is due to sexual selection for size an is common in raptors. I'm not sure why raptors buck the trend but there is likely a literature on it (Roy may know). As far as I know there is no reliable way of telling males from female Bald Eagles when they are on their own.
I'm not 100% on this but I believe that on average females have proportionally larger beaks than males.
thanks guys.