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Lesser fish eagle
Sukau, Sabah (2015).
The lesser fish eagle is a medium sized bird of prey that is primarily gray-brown in colour with broad, blunt wings and coarse featherless legs. Adults have a wingspan reaching 1.2 m and can grow to up to 64 cm tall.
Habitat:
Kinabatangan riversides, Sukau, Sabah.
The lesser fish eagle is a species of ''Ichthyophaga'' found in the Indian subcontinent, primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas, and south-east Asia. There have been some stray reports from Gujarat and Central India and in more recent times from the Kaveri river valley in southern India. The distribution in southern India is not yet confirmed.
Lesser fish eagles are fish-eating birds that have feet adapted to aid in gripping slippery fish. They have strongly curved talons, and spicules.. more
