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Haliastur indus (Brahminy Kite)

Synonyms: Falco indus

Wikipedia Abstract

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 plumage and a contrasting white head and breast which makes them easy to distinguish from other birds of prey.
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Infraspecies

Haliastur indus flavirostris
Haliastur indus girrenera
Haliastur indus indus
Haliastur indus intermedius

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.6216
EDGE Score: 2.45286
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  437 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.027 lbs (466 g)
Male Weight [1]  409 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  13.9 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Scavenger [2]  50 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  10 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Fledging [1]  53 days
Incubation [1]  27 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  91
Snout to Vent Length [1]  19 inches (48 cm)
Wing Span [5]  3.838 feet (1.17 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Cerberus australis (New Guinea bockadam, Dog-faced Water Snake)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Haliaeetus leucogaster (White-bellied Sea Eagle)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Contracaecum haliaeti[7]
Haplorchis yokogawai[7]
Mesostephanus haliasturis <Unverified Name>[7]
Porrocaecum angusticolle[7]
Southwellina hispida[7]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6The prey and predators of Homalopsine snakes, HAROLD K. VORIS and JOHN C. MURPHY, Journal of Natural History, 2002, 36, 1621–1632
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0