Palla's Fish-eagle

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(New page: Image:PallassFishEagle.jpg '''Common Name:''' Pallas's Fish-eagle<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Haliaeetus leucoryphus '''Size:''' 28-33 inches (72-84 cm); '''Wingspan:''' 71-85 inches ...)
'''Status:''' Vulnerable. '''Global population:''' 2,500-9,990 adult individuals with a decreasing population trend. Key threats are habitat loss, degradation and disturbance. Across the Indian subcontinent, and probably most of its range, wetlands have been drained or converted for agriculture and human settlements. The felling of large trees near wetlands has reduced the availability of nest and roost sites. The spread of water hyacinth (''Eichhornia crassipes'') is a problem in India, as is the siltation of lakes due to catchment deforestation. Pollution of wetlands with pesticides and industrial effluents reduces breeding success. Habitat loss and degradation are compounded by disturbance of wetlands. Reductions in the prey base, primarily through hunting and over-fishing, are further consequences of increasing human pressure. In Myanmar, the development of oil and gas fields is a threat and, in China, hunting is a localized problem. In Mongolia, during surveys in summer 2009, it was noted that two recently completed hydroelectric dams were severely disrupting water levels in the affected drainage basins and could potentially affect all sites where the species occurs in the Great Lake Basin. Over-fishing was also noted at several sites and low rainfall was leading to falling water levels in some areas.
'''Status:''' Vulnerable. '''Global population:''' 2,500-9,990 adult individuals with a decreasing population trend. Key threats are habitat loss, degradation and disturbance. Across the Indian subcontinent, and probably most of its range, wetlands have been drained or converted for agriculture and human settlements. The felling of large trees near wetlands has reduced the availability of nest and roost sites. The spread of water hyacinth (''Eichhornia crassipes'') is a problem in India, as is the siltation of lakes due to catchment deforestation. Pollution of wetlands with pesticides and industrial effluents reduces breeding success. Habitat loss and degradation are compounded by disturbance of wetlands. Reductions in the prey base, primarily through hunting and over-fishing, are further consequences of increasing human pressure. In Myanmar, the development of oil and gas fields is a threat and, in China, hunting is a localized problem. In Mongolia, during surveys in summer 2009, it was noted that two recently completed hydroelectric dams were severely disrupting water levels in the affected drainage basins and could potentially affect all sites where the species occurs in the Great Lake Basin. Over-fishing was also noted at several sites and low rainfall was leading to falling water levels in some areas.
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Diet:''' Large freshwater fish. They also regularly predate water birds.  
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'''Diet:''' Large freshwater fish. They also regularly predate water birds.  
They are known to hunt in pairs. Sometimes they steal food from other birds.
They are known to hunt in pairs. Sometimes they steal food from other birds.

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