Gray-headed Fish-Eagle

Gray-headed Fish-Eagle

Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Danum Valley Conservation Area
16 Verified records at Danum Valley Conservation Area
July Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The grey-headed fish eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus) is a fish-eating bird of prey from Southeast Asia. It is a large stocky raptor with adults having dark brown upper body, grey head and lighter underbelly and white legs. Juveniles are paler with darker streaking. It is often confused with the lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis) and the Pallas's fish eagle. The lesser fish eagle is similar in plumage but smaller and the Pallas's fish eagle shares the same habitat and feeding behaviour but is larger with longer wings and darker underparts. Is often called tank eagle in Sri Lanka due to its fondness for irrigation tanks. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Danum Valley Conservation Area

Crested Serpent Eagle
LC Endemic

Crested Serpent Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Spilornis cheela

20–30% · Possible
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
VU

Wallace's Hawk-Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nisaetus nanus

10–20% · With luck
Black Eagle

Black Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ictinaetus malayensis

10–20% · With luck
Oriental Honey-buzzard
LC

Oriental Honey-buzzard

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pernis ptilorhynchus

10–20% · With luck
Crested Hawk-Eagle
LC Endemic

Crested Hawk-Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nisaetus cirrhatus

5–10% · With luck
Rufous-bellied Eagle
NT

Rufous-bellied Eagle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lophotriorchis kienerii

<5% · Rare
Bat Hawk
LC

Bat Hawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Macheiramphus alcinus

<5% · Rare
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
LC

Blyth's Hawk-Eagle

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nisaetus alboniger

<5% · Rare
Jerdon's Baza
LC

Jerdon's Baza

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aviceda jerdoni

<5% · Rare
White-Bellied Sea-Eagle
LC

White-Bellied Sea-Eagle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haliaeetus leucogaster

Insufficient data
Brahminy Kite
LC

Brahminy Kite

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haliastur indus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
4 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
20–30%
5 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
6 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
7 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
8 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
9 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
10 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
11 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
12 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
13 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
14 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
15 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
16 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
18 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
19 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
20 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
21 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle in Danum Valley Conservation Area?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Gray-headed Fish-Eagle in Danum Valley Conservation Area?

July has the highest sighting rate for Gray-headed Fish-Eagle in Danum Valley Conservation Area in our monthly data.

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