Brahminy Kite
Brahminy kite, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman
শঙ্খ চিল/ খয়রা চিল
Haliastur indus
| রাজ্য / Kingdom: | Animalia |
| বর্গ / Order: | Accipitriformes |
| পরিবার / Family: | Accipitridae |
| গন / Genus: | Haliastur |
| প্রজাতি / Species: | H. indus |
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman
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- Brahminy Kite, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Barhminy Kite, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Brahminy Kite, Photo: Shaiful Islam Sourav
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Showkat Shuvro
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- Brahminy kite, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Barhminy Kite, Photo: Lisun Asib Khan
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- Barhminy Kite, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman
Photos by:
- Kawsar Mostafa
- Masud Mushfiq Zaman
- Asif Ishtiaque
- Ikbal H. Babu
- Showkat Shuvro
- Shaiful Islam Sourav
- Lisun Asib Khan
Description
It’s a medium-sized raptor with rounded tail. Adults have white head and breast and overall brick brown plumage. Juveniles have dark brownish plumage with paler head and white patches under the wings. Wingspan is 3.6-4.1 feet. Males are larger other than look alike.
It’s an opportunistic scavenger. Mainly feeds on small mammals, small birds, crabs, frogs, snakes, small reptiles, fish, insects etc.
It is seen throughout Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, Southern China, Australia.
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