Everyone knows what a Haliaeetus leucogaster is. You see them when you go to the beach, its common name is the White-bellied Sea-Eagle. Its white and grey but sometimes instead of grey its black. And lives in the coastal areas. Although you might know about sea eagles. There might be something you don't know that I will tell you.

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As I said the White-bellied Sea-Eagle is white and grey. The head, breast, and belly is white; the wings are grey and the tip of it is black. The tail is grey at the base which is the bottom. the length of the bird is 70-85cm, and the wingspan is 180-220cm. The males  weight is 2.5-3.7kg and the female is 2.8-4.2kg.

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Next, the  White-bellied Sea-Eagle is most founded in the coastal habitat. Yet also founded at rivers, and lakes. Although the bird is seen at the coastal lowlands, its been recorded at elevations up to 1400 meters in some areas. The bird is spotted in Australia. Its estimated 10 thousand to 100 thousand individual. White-bellied Sea-Eagles are normally seen on high trees, or soaring over waterways and land. The total population size of the bird in Australia is more than 500 pairs, the population of the bird is likely to be declining. The Sea-Eagle was founded  in good numbers on the Murray river. But not located in the Sunrays a district. And the generation length of the bird has not been estimated.

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The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is carnivorous with its choice of food. They will eat birds, reptiles, fish, mammals, crustaceans and carrion. Circling above a water of body then into a steep dive and leveling out before the water to grasp the fish or eel from just below the surface. With powerful strokes of its wing it lifts effortlessly away from the surface of the water with its catch. The White-bellied Sea-Eagle feeds mainly animals, such as fish, turtles and sea snakes, but it takes birds and mammals as well.

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Now that I've told you more about  the Sea-Eagles. You now know their general description, habitat, population, conservation, diet, feeding, and predators.

 

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Published: 02/2013

 

http://www.arkive.org/white-bellied-sea-eagle/haliaeetus-leucogaster/

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=943

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Haliaeetus-leucogaster