Grey-headed Fish Eagle
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus(Horsfield, T, 1821)
English (US) Gray-headed Fish Eagle
UK name: Grey-headed Fish Eagle
The Grey-headed Fish Eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: lowlands of India to southeastern Asia, Borneo, Java, and PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Fish Eagle
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco Ichthyaetus
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.136
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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