#1447 · 🐦 birds

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

🇳🇱 Witbuikzeearend ·Icthyophaga leucogaster

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Allan Lugg · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David Wesolowski · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © I Am birdsaspoetry.com  · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Emily Sonter · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © rodedmonds · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © John Bromilow · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Dr. Chinmay kishor Pathak · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The white-bellied sea eagle ( Icthyophaga leucogaster ), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle , is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Originally described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, it is closely related to Sanford's sea eagle of the Solomon Islands, and the two are considered a superspecies. A distinctive bird, the adult white-bellied sea eagle has a white head, breast, under-wing coverts and tail. The upper parts are grey and the black...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,670iNaturalist 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).