A medium-sized raptor which feeds mainly on carrion -especially fish.
This image was taken in the early morning against an overcast sky at Hunas Falls, Sri Lanka.
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Australia,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Cambodia,China,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Laos,Macao, Malaysia,Myanmar,Nepal,Pakistan,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Singapore,Solomon Islands,Sri Lanka,Thailand, United Arab Emirates,Vietnam,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
indus
India to s China and Vietnam
intermedius
Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines and Sulawesi
girrenera
Moluccas, New Guinea and satellites, coastal Australia (except s, Tasmania) and Bismarck Arch.
flavirostris
Feni and Nissan (e of se New Ireland, far ne Bismarck Arch.) and Solomon Is. (except Rennell and Temotu)
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)