Pallas’s fish-eagle  (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)

Range

The Pallas’s fish-eagle has a large range from Kazakhstan, southern Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to Mongolia and China, and south to northern India, Pakistan Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma. It is a migratory species, and may be found as a migrant or as a winter visitor in Nepal and Afghanistan. The main breeding areas are thought to be in China, Mongolia and the Indian subcontinent. The Pallas’s fish-eagle population is believed to have declined considerably in China, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh during the 20th Century (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Inhabits wetlands, mainly large lakes and rivers, both in the lowlands and at altitudes of up to 5,000 metres. The Pallas’s fish-eagle nests in trees near water and on cliffs in upland regions (2).

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