Grey-headed Fish Eagle - BirdForum Opus

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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.

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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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-headed Fish Eagle. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-headed_Fish_Eagle

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