Lesser Fish Eagle
/cthyophaga IUlmllls
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Resident. Himalayas and SW India. Small, with broad wings and short tail, and rather small and protruding head and neck. Soars with wings held slightly raised and curved forwards. Smaller than Grey-headed Fish Eagle. with shorter tail. Adult differs from Grey-headed in having dark tail (tail a ppears uniform brown above; from below shows greyish base with slightly darker subterminal band). Juvenile browner than adult, with pale underwing and paler base to tail. Lacks prominent streaking on head and underparts of juvenile Grey-headed Fish Eagle, has less pronounced barring on underside of flight feathers and less pronounced dark tail band. Valoe Gives a characteristic penetrating plaintive wail, p/leeow-p/18soow-p/166ow and a shorterp/lBBO-p/188o intermittently repeated during the breeding season. Forested streams and lakes in the terai and foothills.
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