Lesser Fish Eagle

Taxobox
name = Lesser Fish Eagle

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status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Accipitriformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Ichthyophaga"
species = "I. humilis "
binomial = "Ichthyophaga humilis "
binomial_authority = (Müller,S & Schlegel, 1841)

The Lesser Fish Eagle ("Ichthyophaga humilis ") is a species of large fish eagle found in the foothills of the Himalayas. There have been some stray reports from Gujarat and Central India and in more recent times from the Kaveri river valley in southern India. The distribution in southern India is not yet confirmed. It is also found in small numbers in other countries in south west Asia.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3367&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]