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Grey-headed Fish Eagle
Sign in to saveAlso known as Haliaeetus ichthyaetus, Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
species of bird
Species
Near Threatenedvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Haliaeetus
- Image
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Kerala.jpg
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- taxon name
- Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- pigargo-de-cabeça-cinzenta
- Commons category
- Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview
The grey-headed fish eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus) is a fish-eating bird of prey from Southeast Asia. It is a large stocky raptor with adults having dark brown upper body, grey head and lighter underbelly and white legs. Juveniles are paler with darker streaking. It is often confused with the lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis) and the Pallas's fish eagle. The lesser fish eagle is similar in plumage but smaller and the Pallas's fish eagle shares the same habitat and feeding behaviour but is larger with longer wings and darker underparts. Is often called tank eagle in Sri Lanka due to its fondness for irrigation tanks.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grey-headed Fish Eagle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.