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Baby brahminy kite12/9/2023 ![]() ![]() It is a strange kyainh but is worth listening. When you hear its call, you will think that a baby is crying. Diet chiefly includes dead fish and small water animals. The Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) is a medium-sized raptor or bird of prey. When fishing they may drop into the r but coming out is no issue for them as they do it without much effort. Young birds tend to indulge themselves in playful activities. ![]() Both parents take part in nesting and feeding but incubation is done primarily by the mother bird. At least seven new infant orangutans have been spotted in captivity in Thailand this year, and there are legitimate concerns that some of these Critically. Great Crested Grebe Baby Great Crested Grebe with Baby Demoiselle Crane Great White Pelican Black Necked Stork Great Crested Grebe Nilgai Brahminy Kite. Eggs are two in number which take 20-25 days of incubation. The breeding season is from December to March/April. But, on a school trip there, in 2018, I noted that their number had declined way too much. During a trip to Goa in 2012, I was amazed to see these guys fill up the sky in just a few moments. In places like Goa, the number of these birds is super high. These birds are a familiar sight in the skies of Peninsular India where they are literally found in abundance. Their head is streaked and tail rusty-grey. They are generally rusty-brown with wings fringed with rusty-buff. ![]() There is a big black patch on the base of the wing. They are more reddish-brown on belly and tail. My two words: Adult Brahminy Kites have reddish-brown body contrasting to their white head, throat and breast. Habitat: It is a Fish Eagle (Red-backed Fish Eagle) that is found near lakes, rivers, marshes, estuaries, lagoons and flood plains. We currently have a pair of Brahminy Kite nesting at the top of a dense tree in our local neighbourhood, but the tree is too tall and dense to take photographs. Size(45-50cm): Brahminy Kite is a medium sized raptor.Īrea: It is found throughout the Indian landmass except for drier parts of Rajasthan and high altitude regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus is an unmistakeable medium-sized raptor that we observe very regularly around Broome. ![]()
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