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White-bellied Sea-Eagle photographed at Currumbin Sanctuary.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle photographed at Currumbin Sanctuary.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle photographed at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland.
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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The White-breasted Sea-Eagle is a large white eagle with grey-brown wings, White and grey underside, with wedge-shaped white tail seen in flight. Immatures are dark brown streaked and spotted light brown.
Other Names
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Size
0.8m with a wingspan of 2.2m
Habitat
Coasts, islands, estuaries, large rivers and lakes.
Food
fish, water birds
Breeding
Large nest of sticks in tall tree usually over water. Lays 1-3 whitish blotched eggs.
Range
throughout coastal Australia and large rivers
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Falconiformes | | Family: | Accipitridae | | Genus: | Haliaeetus | | Species: | leucogaster | | Common Name: | White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
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