Gray-headed Fish-Eagle

Gray-headed Fish-Eagle

Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

Insufficient data
overall probability at Horton Plains National Park
3 Verified records at Horton Plains National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The grey-headed fish eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus) is a fish-eating bird of prey from Southeast Asia. It is a large stocky raptor with adults having dark brown upper body, grey head and lighter underbelly and white legs. Juveniles are paler with darker streaking. It is often confused with the lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis) and the Pallas's fish eagle. The lesser fish eagle is similar in plumage but smaller and the Pallas's fish eagle shares the same habitat and feeding behaviour but is larger with longer wings and darker underparts. Is often called tank eagle in Sri Lanka due to its fondness for irrigation tanks. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park

Brahminy Kite
LC

Brahminy Kite

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haliastur indus

30–40% · Possible
Common Buzzard
LC Endemic

Common Buzzard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buteo buteo

20–30% · Possible
Black-winged Kite
LC

Black-winged Kite

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Elanus caeruleus

20–30% · Possible
Oriental Honey-buzzard
LC

Oriental Honey-buzzard

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pernis ptilorhynchus

20–30% · Possible
Black Eagle

Black Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ictinaetus malayensis

10–20% · With luck
Crested Serpent Eagle
LC Endemic

Crested Serpent Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Spilornis cheela

<5% · Rare
Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Bird

Nisaetus kelaarti

<5% · Rare
Crested Hawk-Eagle
LC Endemic

Crested Hawk-Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nisaetus cirrhatus

<5% · Rare
White-Bellied Sea-Eagle
LC

White-Bellied Sea-Eagle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haliaeetus leucogaster

<5% · Rare
Rufous-bellied Eagle
NT

Rufous-bellied Eagle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lophotriorchis kienerii

Insufficient data
Himalayan Buzzard
LC

Himalayan Buzzard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buteo refectus

Insufficient data
Jerdon's Baza
LC

Jerdon's Baza

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aviceda jerdoni

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Gray-headed Fish-Eagle at Horton Plains National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
4 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
20–30%
5 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
6 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
7 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
8 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
9 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
10 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
11 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
12 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
13 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
14 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
15 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
16 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
18 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
19 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
20 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
21 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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