Pallas's Sea-Eagle

Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771)

		adult juvenile
2008-07-15 Karashengil, Middle current of Ile river, Almaty oblast 2008-06-21 Sorbulak Lake, Almaty oblast	© Oleg Belyalov © Andrey Kovalenko

Distribution

Before now recorded on Mangyshlak, in Syrdarya valley at Karauzyak station, on Ile river at Kapchagay and Dzharkent, and on Markakol lake. Recent decades the several records of Pallas's Sea-Eagles belong to Volga-Ural-Emba area (two birds were observed in forest near Urda in the end of June 1990); to Aral Sea 28 July 2003; Turgay river; area of Topar lakes (at 1 June 2003, adult bird); Kurgaldzhino Reserve; Irtysh at Pavlodarskoe 1 June 1994; Chernyy Irtysh river; Chu and Ile (Kapchagai) valleys; Zaisan and Alakol depressions; and Sorbulak lake. In lower reaches of Ile river opposite the Malay Sary ridge at one point two adults were observed 9 May 1985, one adult at 18 June 1985 and 2 May 1986.

Biology

Very rare vagrant. Occurs in riparian forests and on the big lakes with reed-beds and single trees. In spring appears in the end of February – early March. The autumn movements were noticed in September – October, latest birds were recorded in November – early December.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.