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Southern Asia: India south of the Himalayas, and Sri Lanka, and from Burma east to northern Vietnam and south through the Malay Peninsula. Also occurs in the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi. Rare in western Java and there are no recent records from the east. Resident.  
 
Southern Asia: India south of the Himalayas, and Sri Lanka, and from Burma east to northern Vietnam and south through the Malay Peninsula. Also occurs in the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi. Rare in western Java and there are no recent records from the east. Resident.  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Two races are generally recognised: ''plumbea'' from the Himalayas to Hainan and ''humilis'' further south.  
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
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Forested rivers and streams in lowlands, lakes and wooded swamps.  
 
Forested rivers and streams in lowlands, lakes and wooded swamps.  
 
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=869&Bird_Image_ID=310&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=869&Bird_Image_ID=310&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
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Photo by the late Laurence Poh
near Perak, Malaysia in 2002
Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

Identification

Grey-headed Fishing Eagle (Greater Fishing Eagle) Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

Distribution

Southern Asia: India south of the Himalayas, and Sri Lanka, and from Burma east to northern Vietnam and south through the Malay Peninsula. Also occurs in the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi. Rare in western Java and there are no recent records from the east. Resident.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Forested rivers and streams in lowlands, lakes and wooded swamps.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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