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White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Icthyophaga leucogaster

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 417, February 380, March 436, April 625, May 658, June 677, July 602, August 532, September 546, October 516, November 446, December 390.
Australia6,225
New South Wales2,319
Queensland1,811
Singapore1,512
Malaysia775
NORTH REGION606
Tasmania536
Northern Territory504
Sri Lanka478
Victoria476

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
  • DiurnalActive primarily during the dayFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderHawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies · Accipitriformes
FamilyHawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
GenusFish-Eagles · Icthyophaga

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise White-bellied Sea-Eagle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.