Lesser Fish Eagle

The lesser fish eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey, primarily grey-brown with broad, blunt wings and coarse, featherless legs; the feet are adapted for gripping slippery fish. It has a brown breast with white thighs and belly. Adults grow up to about 64 cm tall with a wingspan reaching 1.2 m, and it is smaller than the similar grey-headed fish eagle and often confused with it (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found mainly in the foothills of the Himalaya and in Southeast Asia, usually below 1,000 m though reported as high as 2,400 m. It feeds primarily on fish, which it snatches from the water while watching from a perch such as an overhanging tree or rock, and it has several regular perches. Two to four eggs are laid in a nest of sticks and green leaves (Wikipedia, general species account).