Common Name:White Breasted Sea Eagle
Scientific Name:Haliaeetus leucogaster
Other Names:White Bellied Sea Eagle
Family: Accipitridae
Order:Falconiformes
Distribution:India, S.E.Asia and Australia
Habitat:Coastal and major inland waterways
Field Notes:Large white and black eagle with a wing span of 1.8 to 2.2m.White head and underparts.
White wings with black flight feathers. Sexes similar. Immature birds may be confused with wedge tailed eagle.
Distinctive honking call. Territorial.Nest is very large, made of sticks in a promiant tree or rock.
Opportunistic carnivore,fish,freshwater turtles, birds, small mammals and carrion.
Pics taken in South Burnett, Qld Oct2011. Nest is in above background in a tree about 30m behind the eagles.


Scientific Name:Haliaeetus leucogaster
Other Names:White Bellied Sea Eagle
Family: Accipitridae
Order:Falconiformes
Distribution:India, S.E.Asia and Australia
Habitat:Coastal and major inland waterways
Field Notes:Large white and black eagle with a wing span of 1.8 to 2.2m.White head and underparts.
White wings with black flight feathers. Sexes similar. Immature birds may be confused with wedge tailed eagle.
Distinctive honking call. Territorial.Nest is very large, made of sticks in a promiant tree or rock.
Opportunistic carnivore,fish,freshwater turtles, birds, small mammals and carrion.
Pics taken in South Burnett, Qld Oct2011. Nest is in above background in a tree about 30m behind the eagles.


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