Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Gray-Headed Fish-Eagle

In 2019 we saw one gray-headed fish-eagle in Bundala NP in Sri Lanka, but it was shielded by branches and we did not get a great look. In our recent trip to Kaziranga NP in Assam, India we saw several gray-headed fish-eagles and got excellent views.   
This range map from Birds of the World shows that the gray-headed fish-eagle is found in Asia, from parts of India through much of Indonesia. 
This is my favorite photo. We were in the Eastern Range and the eagle was very near to us and hardly moving. It lurched forward with hunched shoulders like a vulture. 



Two, also in the Eastern Range.


On the ground in the Western Range.


1 comment:

  1. I like the photos of them on the ground. There is something very vulture-ish about them.

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