LOCAL NAMES

රජ අළු-හිස් මසුකුස්සා, වැව් රාජාලියා, Wev rajaliya, Aluhus masukussa, উকাহ, રાખોડી શિર માછીમાર, રાખોડી શિર મત્સ્ય ગરુડ, മീൻപരുന്ത്, करड्या डोक्याचा मत्स्यगरुड, माछाकुल

DESCRIPTION

The grey-headed fish eagle (Haliaeetus ichthyaetus) is a fish-eating bird of prey from South East 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 (Haliaeetus 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