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Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788)
English Name: White-billed Sea Eagle
Local/Bangla Name: Kalapet Panchil (কালাপেট পানচিল)
Photo: Birds of the World
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Description:
Huge raptor, colored white and gray, that soars with its wings tightly folded into a V form. Observe the short tail and black and white underwing pattern when in flight. The juvenile is considerably paler and resembles a wedge-tailed eagle, although it has a shorter tail.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It occurs in all along the coastal areas of Bangladesh having the largest concentration in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest.
Environment:
Marine, Brakish, Freshwater, terrestrial
Main References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman MM (eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 26. Birds. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 662 pp.
Other References:
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 3: Birds. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+676.
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