White-bellied Sea Eagle
Icthyophaga leucogaster(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) White-bellied Sea Eagle
The White-bellied Sea Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster) 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: coasts and islands of southern Asia to Philippines and Australia (also inland in eastern Australia and Tasmania)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-bellied Sea Eagle
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco leucogaster
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- no locality; Java designated by Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 427.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.257
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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