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n. A bird of prey species, the fishing eagle (taxlink Pandion haliaëtus species noshow=1).
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Fish eagle is an animal common name. It may refer to any of several species of bird, including:
- African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, at large bodies of water throughout Africa except far southwest
- Madagascar fish eagle, Haliaeetus vociferoides, native to Madagascar
- Sanford's fish eagle, Haliaeetus sanfordi, of the Solomon Islands
Three that are often confused, of South Asia:
- Grey-headed fish eagle, Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Lesser fish eagle, Ichthyophaga humilis, in Indian subcontinent, mostly in Himalayan foothills
- Pallas's fish eagle or band-tailed fish eagle, Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Usage examples of "fish eagle".
He recognized it by the oxbow bend of the banks and the giant makuyu trees on the opposite side, with a fish eagle nest in the upper branches.
A fish eagle hung suspended in silent flight ahead of them, the wide span of its wings flared at the tips like the fingers of a hand.
Mzilikazi saw fire spring up at the Umlimo's bidding, and he heard the spirits speak from the very air about the Umlimo, a hundred different voices, voice of infant and crone, of man and of beast, the cry of the fish eagle, the snarl of the leopard, and from that day the Umlimo had the reverence and superstitious awe of the king and all his people.
There was a rich treasure of bird life in the basin, even in the heated hush of midday, the air rang with their cries the fluting mournful whistle of a wood dove or the high piping chant of a white-headed fish eagle circling high overhead.
I agreed, as a fish eagle circled lazily overhead and the breeze brought the smell of a nearby herd of wildebeest.
And the fish eagle takes one mate for life, and if he is not strong enough to defend her against others of his kind who would take her away from him, his vision is so keen that he can see them approaching from great distances and move her to safety.