Description:

Large, mostly dark with rather small pale head, longish and deep bill, fairly long neck, and ample rounded tail. Adult has pale head and neck, dark brown upperwing and underwing, and mainly white tail with broad black terminal band. Juvenile less bulky, looks slimmer-winged, longer-tailed and smaller-billed.

Distribution:

Rare resident along the Indus River in Diamer and Skardu districts, exact range unknown. Found in open country rivers, lakes, marshes, freshwater wetlands and pools; often in arid areas or steppe. From lowlands up to 2500m.

Behavior:

Fish caught near surface, without plunge, often in shallows or when stranded in drying pools; alternatively taken as carrion; also steals from other raptors, Great Cormorants and other birds, even terns. Mainly hunts medium to large fish; also water birds, rodents, lagomorphs, frogs, reptiles, insects, offal and carrion.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Pallas's Fish-Eagle in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Pallas's Fish-Eagle

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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