#1431 · 🐦 birds

Brahminy Kite

🇳🇱 Brahmaanse Wouw ·Haliastur indus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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1. © Dougal Townsend · CC BY-NC 4.0
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9. © Vijay Anand Ismavel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The brahminy kite ( Haliastur indus ), also known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. They are found mainly on the coast and in inland wetlands, where they feed on dead fish and other prey. Adults have a reddish-brown body plumage contrasting with their...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,019iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
21,019 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1783 (243 years ago).