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A preliminary list of birds is given in MoC which includes Pallas's fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (VU), five species of pheasant, notably Chinese monal Lophophorus lhuysii (VU), and a number of waterfowl species.
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Among the many which may be readily seen by the visitor are no less than nine species of kingfisher, including brown-winged and stork-billed kingfishers, Pelargopsis amauropterus (NT) and P. capensis, respectively; the magnificent white-bellied sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster which, at a density of one individual per 53.1 kilometers (km) of waterways, is quite common; also the much rarer grey-headed fish eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus (NT), Pallas's fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus and several other raptors.
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There are twelve birds of prey that coexist here, including the osprey (Pandion haliaetus), white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster), and grey-headed fish-eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus).
Sundarbans mangroves 2008
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The Park is an important breeding area for the pinkbacked pelican Pelecanus rufescens, white pelican P. onocrotalus, African fish-eagle Haliaeetus vocifer, Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia, goliath heron Ardea goliath, rufous-bellied heron Butorides rufiventris, yellowbilled stork Mycteria ibis, pygmy goose Nettapus auritus, collared pratincole Glareola pratincola and greyrumped swallow Pseudohirondo griseopyga.
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However, the ecoregion harbors two globally threatened species, the Bengal florican and the lesser florican (Eupodotis indica), as well as the threatened Pallas's fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) and swamp francolin (Francolinus gularis).
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The 313 bird species known from the ecoregion include two threatened species: the green avadavat (Amandava formosa) and Pallas's fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus).
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None are endemic, but the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and grey-headed fish-eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus) should be focal species because of their role as predators in this ecosystem that includes a significant aquatic component.
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A number of birds hovered about stream, such as the white-headed fish-eagle and the kingfisher, enormous, snowy spoonbills, ibis, martins, &c.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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Presently the blood-red sun sank like a fire-balloon into the west, flushing with its last fierce beams the higher clouds of the eastern sky, and lighting the white and black plume of the soaring fish-eagle.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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His mother had dreamed the night before that she had seen a boat sailing, sailing like a fish-eagle over the Nyanza.
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