Prakruti Parichay
AccipitridaeHaliaeetus

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

70–90 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread winter visitor. Huge, with broad parallel - edged wings, short wedge-shaped tail, protruding head and neck, and heavy bill. Soars and glides with wings level. Adult has yellow bill, pale head, and white tail. Juvenile is mainly blackish-brown with whitish centres to tail feathers, pale patch on ax illaries, and variable pale band across underwing-coverts; bill becomes yellow with age. Voice Rather vocal; normal call is a quick series of metallic yapping notes. Spends most of theti me perched on stump or ground near water. Inhabits coasts. large lakes and rivers.

Colour

YellowWhiteBlackBrown
Average size
80 cm
Habitat
large lakes and rivers.
Behaviour
Widespread winter visitor., Spends most of theti me perched on stump or ground near water. Inhabits coasts.

About this bird

Widespread winter visitor. Huge, with broad parallel - edged wings, short wedge-shaped tail, protruding head and neck, and heavy bill. Soars and glides with wings level. Adult has yellow bill, pale head, and white tail. Juvenile is mainly blackish-brown with whitish centres to tail feathers, pale patch on ax illaries, and variable pale band across underwing-coverts; bill becomes yellow with age. Voice Rather vocal; normal call is a quick series of metallic yapping notes. Spends most of theti me perched on stump or ground near water. Inhabits coasts. large lakes and rivers.

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White-tailed Eagle is bigger than Eastern Imperial Eagle but smaller than Golden Eagle.

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White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

70–90 cm