Subspecies in India
This is also known as the Greater Grey-headed Fish Eagle or Grey-headed Fishing Eagle.
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus - Grey-headed Fish Eagle
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This species is uncommon. It inhabits shores near slow-moving water bodies in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Vietnam. It mostly forages on water snakes and freshwater fish (BirdLife International 2017).
Conservation Status:This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining, with the current population estimate of 10,000-100,000 individuals. The threats to its persistence come from habitat disturbance due to deleterious mercury deposition, and illegal hunting for meat (BirdLife International 2017).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
BirdLife International 2017. Icthyophaga ichthyaetus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22695163A116996769.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22695163A116996769.en. Accessed on 15 February 2020.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22695163A116996769.en. Accessed on 15 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Icthyophaga ichthyaetus (Horsfield, 1821) – Grey-headed Fish Eagle. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/icthyophaga-ichthyaetus, accessed 2024/11/10.