Brown Snake Eagle

Brown Snake Eagle

 

Flaying Animal | Brown Snake Eagle | has dark brown overall appearance, large head and upright stance. Adult has dark brown plumage. Slight white mottling is visible on flight feathers. Underwing is silvery-grey. In fresh plumage, brown tail shows three narrow, white bars and a fine white tip. Head is dark brown, as body. Hooked bill is black with pale grey cere. Eyes are yellow. Long bare legs and stubby feet are pale grey. Both sexes are similar in plumage, with female slightly larger than male, about 5%. Juvenile is similar to adult, but some individuals may be slightly paler, or have fine pale feathers' edges, giving a faint scaled effect. Head and breast show white feathers bases often conspicuous.

Circoetus cinerascens

Circoetus cinerascens

Flaying Animal | Circoetus cinerascens | This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Steller's sea eagles

Harpy Eagle

Flaying Animal | Harpy Eagle | Steller's sea eagles | Eagle that looks funny and cute is often referred to as the most powerful eagle in the world. His body can weigh 9 kg, body length 105 cm, and its wings span of 2 meters. Claws longer than the bear paws and has a strong grip, so he can break a man's arm or even through the bones of the head.

Grey-headed Fish Eagle

Grey-headed Fish Eagle

Flying Animal |Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Grey-headed Fish Eagle is a largish stocky raptor at about 70–75 cm in length. Adults have dark brown wings and back, a grey head and reddish brown breast. The lower belly, thighs and tail are white, the latter having a black terminal band. Sexes are similar, but young birds have a pale buff head, underparts and underwing, all with darker streaking. Grey-headed Fish Eagle, as its English and scientific names suggest, is a specialist fish eater which hunts over lakes, lagoons and large rivers.

lchthyophaga humilis

lchthyophaga humilis

Flying Animal | lchthyophaga humilis | Information on the lesser fish-eagle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly. There have been some stray reports from Gujarat and Central India and in more recent times from the Kaveri river valley in southern India. The distribution in southern India is not yet confirmed. It is also found in small numbers in other countries in south west Asia.

Haliaeetus vociferoides

Flaying Animal | Haliaeetus vociferoides | The large Madagascar fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides) is one of the rarest birds of prey and is the largest raptor in Madagascar. 70-80 cm. Large fish-eagle. Dark reddish-brown back and underparts (latter streaked rufous), dark brown cap, whitish cheeks and throat. Dark brown wings, rather short white tail. Juvenile streaked on head, with pale fringes to flight feathers and paler underparts, and dark tail. Its closest relative is the African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer. Together, they form a distinct species pair lineage of sea-eagles, which separated soon after the divergence of the genus; they retain the ancestral dark beak, talon, and eye, but unlike other Haliaeetus species, they always have at least partially white tails, even while juvenile. As in other sea-eagle species pairs, one species (the Madagascar Fish Eagle in this case) has a tan head, while the other has a white one.

Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller

Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller

Flying Animal | Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller | Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) is one of the largest of the sea and fish eagles of the genus Haliaeetus .These large blackish-brown birds have an enormous, strongly arched yellow bill . The feathers on the shoulders, tail and legs are white , and females are generally the larger sex .The relationships of Steller's Sea-eagle are not completely resolved. mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data tentatively suggests that this species's ancestors diverged early in the colonization of the Holarctic by sea eagles. This is strongly supported by morphological traits such as the yellow eyes, beak, and talons shared by this species and the other northern sea-eagles, the White-tailed and Bald Eagles, and biogeography. It is unique among all sea eagles in having a yellow bill even in juvenile birds, and possessing 14, not 12, rectrices. The skull (at about 14.6 cm (5.7 in)) and bill are the largest of any eagle and comparable in size to the largest Old World vultures, the biggest accipitrids.

Haliaeetus vocifer

Haliaeetus vocifer

Flaying Animal | Haliaeetus vocifer | The African Fish Eagle is most frequently seen by the rivers, lakes and coasts of Africa south of the Sahara.The body length is 63–75 cm (25–30 in). The adult is very distinctive in appearance with a mostly brown body and large, powerful, black wings. The head, breast, and tail of African Fish Eagles are snow white, with the exception of the featherless face, which is yellow. The eyes are dark brown in colour. The hook-shaped beak, ideal for a carnivorous lifestyle, is yellow with a black tip. The plumage of the juvenile is brown in colour, and the eyes are paler compared to the adult. The feet have rough soles and are equipped with powerful talons in order to enable the eagle to grasp slippery aquatic prey.

Sanford's Sea

Sanford's Sea

Flaying Animal | Haliaeetus sanfordi | Bird kind of eagle and very most. The Sanford's Sea Eagle was discovered by and named after Dr Leonard C. Sanford, a trustee for the American Museum of Natural History. The first description was by Ernst Mayr in 1935. It can reach a length between 70 and 90 cm (28-36 in) and a weight between 1.5 and 2.7 kg (3.3-6 lbs). The wingspan is between 165 and 185 cm (65-73 in). It is the only large predator on the Solomon Islands. The eagles inhabits coastal forests and lakes up to an altitude of about 1500 m.

Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller

Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller

Flying Animal | Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller | Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) is one of the largest of the sea and fish eagles of the genus Haliaeetus .These large blackish-brown birds have an enormous, strongly arched yellow bill . The feathers on the shoulders, tail and legs are white , and females are generally the larger sex .The relationships of Steller's Sea-eagle are not completely resolved. mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data tentatively suggests that this species's ancestors diverged early in the colonization of the Holarctic by sea eagles. This is strongly supported by morphological traits such as the yellow eyes, beak, and talons shared by this species and the other northern sea-eagles, the White-tailed and Bald Eagles, and biogeography. It is unique among all sea eagles in having a yellow bill even in juvenile birds, and possessing 14, not 12, rectrices. The skull (at about 14.6 cm (5.7 in)) and bill are the largest of any eagle and comparable in size to the largest Old World vultures, the biggest accipitrids.

Haliaeetus leucogoster

Haliaeetus leucogoster

Flaying Animal | Haliaeetus leucogoster | Pallas's Sea Eagle | Band-Tailed Fish Eagle | It has a light brown hood over a white face. The wings are dark brown and the back rufous, darker underneath. The tail is black with a wide, distinctive white stripe. Underwings have a white band. Juveniles are overall darker with no band on the tail. It measures 72–84 cm (28–33 in) in length with a wingspan of 180–215 cm (71–85 in). Females, at 2.1-3.7 kg (4.6-8.2 lbs), are slightly larger than males, at 2-3.3 kg (4.4-7.3 lbs). Its diet consists primarily of large freshwater fish.

White-bellied Sea Eagle

White-bellied Sea Eagle

Flying Animal | White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is a large raptor that has long, broad wings and a short, wedge-shaped tail. It measures 75–85 cm in length, and has a wingspan of 180–220 cm. Females weigh between 2.8 and 4.2 kg, and are larger than the males, which weigh between 2.5 and 3.7 kg. The plumage of adult birds is predominantly white and grey. The head, breast and belly, and the feathering on the legs, are white. The back and upper surfaces of the wings are grey, although the wings have black tips. The undersides of the wings are greyish-black around the distal edges, with a smaller area of white along the leading edge. The tail is grey at the base, and has a white tip. The bill is bluish-grey with a blackish tip, the iris is dark brown, and the legs and feet are a cream colour.

White-tailed Eagle

White-tailed Eagle

Flying Animal | White-tailed Eagle | This impressive bird is the largest European eagle, with huge club-ended wings which make the bright white tail seem small. The head and beak are large and protrude forward, giving the eagle a vulture-like appearance. The feathers are mottled shades of brown, with pale areas on both the upperwing and the underwing. Above the tail the feathers are reddish-brown, and pale stripes run down to the tip of the tai.

Palm-nut Vulture

Palm-nut Vulture

Flying Animal | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | The Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or Vulturine Fish Eagle, is a very large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles. It is the only member of the genus Gypohierax. Unusual for Birds of Prey, it feeds mainly on the fruit of the oil-palm though it also feeds on crabs, molluscs, locusts, fish and has been known to occasionally attack domestic poultry. This bird is an Old World vulture, and is only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in a separate family, Cathartidae. It breeds in forest and savannah across sub-Saharan Africa, usually near water, its range coinciding with that of the Oil Palm. It is quite approachable, like many African vultures, and can be seen near habitation, even on large hotel lawns in the tourist areas of countries like The Gambia.

Alap Eagle Spotted Tail

Flaying Animal | Alap Eagle Spotted Tail | Body length 29-31 cm. Fur upper body (back to tail) dark brown mottled brown don. While at the bottom of the white spotting brown. This animal species endemic to Sulawesi, which can be found in P. Talisel (North Sulawesi), P. Muna (Southeast Sulawesi), and P. Buton (Southeast Sulawesi). Residence in mangrove forests, lowland primary forest, hills, mountains den to a height of 900 meters. These animals rarely make a sound. These animals can perch on a tree branch in a long time to monitor the prey. Prey in the form of lizards, snakes, snails, grasshoppers, frogs, birds, bats den.

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Flying Animal | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States—yet the bird was nearly wiped out there. For many decades, bald eagles were hunted for sport and for the "protection" of fishing grounds. Pesticides like DDT also wreaked havoc on eagles and other birds. These chemicals collect in fish, which make up most of the eagle's diet. They weaken the bird's eggshells and severely limited their ability to reproduce. Since DDT use was heavily restricted in 1972, eagle numbers have rebounded significantly and have been aided by reintroduction programs. The result is a wildlife success story—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has upgraded the birds from endangered to threatened.

Scaly-breasted Falcon

Bondol Eagle

Flying Animal | Scaly-breasted falcon | Bondol Eagle | Scaly-breasted eagle measuring approximately 45 cm. Scaly-breasted eagle has a white color with black vertical streaks of head, neck, belly and brown color on the back wing to the tail. Scaly-breasted falcon has a habit of hovering flight while stalking its prey and if prey has seen the Scaly-breasted eagle will fly swooping to catch prey.

Black Eagle

Black Eagle

Flying Animal | Black Eagle | I. malayensis | Black Eagle is a kind of bird of prey from the Accipitridae tribe, and the only member of the clan Ictinaetus. Birds are very beautiful and a symbol of bravery and courage and the black eagle is named so because of the color of fur entirely black.