Key Facts
Family: Falconidae
Biometrics:
Length: 80 to 100 cm, Weight: 1050 to 1250 g, Wingspan: 120 cm
Range:
Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia - Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia.
Habitat:
Lakes, marshes and large rivers, including deep estuaries. It usually occurs in trees or bamboos’ thickets near these wet areas, in forested margins or on densely vegetated islets. This species can be seen up to 1200 meters of altitude
Clicked at: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur and in Tadoba
