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Pallas's Fish Eagle

Conservation status

Endangered

Population Trend

Decreasing

Alternate Names

Pallas's Sea Eagle, Band-tailed Fish Eagle

Native Habitat

Diet

Fish, Water birds

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Pallas's Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus leucoryphus

Pallas's fish eagle is a large, brownish sea-eagle. It breeds in Central Asia, between the Caspian Sea and the Yellow Sea, from Kazakhstan and Mongolia to the Himalayas, Bangladesh and northern India. It is partially migratory, with central Asian birds wintering among the southern Asian birds in northern India, and also further west to the Persian Gulf.

It has a light brown hood over a white face. The wings are dark brown and the back rufous, darker underneath. The tail is black with a wide, distinctive white stripe. Underwings have a white band. Juveniles are overall darker with no band on the tail.

Regional Names
  • Assamese:
    কুৰুৱা
  • Bengali:
    কুড়া
  • Gujarati:
    મત્સ્ય ગરુડ, પલાસનો માછીમાર
  • Marathi:
    मत्स्यगरुड
  • Nepali:
    बोक्सी चील
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Taxanomy

ACCIPITRIFORMES
ACCIPITRIDAE
Haliaeetus leucoryphus