WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*     5)                  WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE               Haliaeetus leucogaster

MALAYSIA                10

Frequents coastal wetlands and even inland wetlands. 70 cm. India and Southeast Asia to Australia; resident in Malaysia and Singapore.

WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see   5)              WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE              Haliaeetus leucogaster

SINGAPORE               (54)

Found primary and secondary forests, old plantations, mangroves and scrub, usually near inland water or coast. 69-85 cm. Coastal parts of peninsular and E India, S China and much of Southeast Asia, east to Maluka, New Guinea and Australia.

WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE

Photographed over Lake Bratan, Bali October 2016

(see  5)                   WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE                  Haliaeetus leucogaster

INDONESIA (Bali)         (26)        

Also known as White-bellied Fish-eagle. 70 cm. Mainly a coastal bird found on remote sea shores and offshore islands, also ventures up large rivers and visits reservoirs inland. Range: Orietal region and Australasia: widespread throughout the Indonesian archipelago; sedentary. 

WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE

Photographed at Royal National Park, Sydney

5.  WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE     Haliaeetus leucogaster

Australia (5)

Also known as the White-breasted Sea-eagle. It is 70-90cms with a wing span of about 2 metres. Generally the female is the larger bird. Found around lakes, ocean, river and large bodies of water. Distributed right around the coast of Australia for a distance inland; also found in India, SE Asia, PNG and Solomon Islands.

Photographed at King Billy's Landing on Cape York.

Photographed at Forbes, June 2014

Juvenile, photographed Lincoln National Park, South Australia March 2015

Darwin, January 2024