Pallas's Fish Eagle

Ha/iaeetus teucoryphus

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. N subcontinent. Soars and glides with wings flat. Long, broad wings and protruding (rather small) head and neck. Adult has pale head and neck, dark brown upperwing and underwing, a ndmainly white tail with broad black terminal band. Juvenile less bulky, looks slimmer-winged, longer- tailed and smaller - billed than juvenile White - tailed; has dark mask, pale band across underwing-coverts, pale patch on underside of inner primaries. all-dark tail (lacking pale inner webs of White-tailed), and pale crescent on uppertail-coverts. Older immatures have more uniform underwing and whitish tail with mottled dark band. Globally threatened. Rather sluggish, perching for long periods close to water. Mainly larger rivers and lakes, also tidal creeks and mangroves.