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The Pallas's fish eagle has a light sandy-brown hood and a whitish face. The wings are darker brown and the back rufous. The long, slender wings (particularly slender for a sea eagle) are rather dark brown underneath. The tail is black with a wide, distinctive white stripe. Juveniles are overall darker, cooler brown with no band on the tail but with several pale areas on the wing, including the underwing coverts and inner primaries. This results in underwings that have a white band in young fish eagles. It takes until the 4th year or so to obtain adult plumage.
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When to see the Pallas's Fish Eagle
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pallas's Fish Eagle
The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Cambodia, United Arab Emirates.
About the Pallas's Fish Eagle
Pallas's fish eagle, also known as Pallas's sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle, is a large, brownish sea eagle. It breeds in the east Palearctic in Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is partially migratory, with Central Asian birds wintering among the southern Asian birds in northern India, and also further west to the Persian Gulf.
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Easily confused with
Steller's Sea EagleHaliaeetus pelagicusMature H. pelagicus eagles have mostly dark brown to black plumage, with strongly contrasting white on the lesser and median upper-wing coverts, under-wing coverts, thighs, under-tail coverts, and tail.
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaGiven reasonable view, adult white-tailed eagles are difficult to mistake for any other bird.
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusThe plumage of an adult bald eagle is evenly dark brown with a white head and tail.
Side by side: Bald Eagle vs Pallas's Fish Eagle · Pallas's Fish Eagle vs White-tailed Eagle · Pallas's Fish Eagle vs Steller's Sea Eagle
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