White-bellied Sea-Eagle at Cleveland, QLD
Identification history
| Haliaeetus leucogaster | 28 Jul 2023 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Haliaeetus leucogaster | 28 Jul 2023 | TimL |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
The sequence of images in this and following sighting 4501865 are an observation of the behaviour of two White-bellied Sea Eagles seen as the tide receded across the bay. The images are not the best as this occurred some distance away on an overcast day. One smaller eagle had caught a fish and was with it on the mud flat at the water’s edge. A second larger eagle was seen circling in a thermal above adjacent houses at least 1km away. The second eagle entered a long and very fast gliding dive towards the shoreline and the first eagle and suddenly turned and swooped the first eagle, sending it into the air but failing to pick up the fish. The second larger eagle did a tight turn in the air, landed on the shoreline and retrieved the fish. It then took off with the fish to be harassed constantly by the smaller eagle, with many aerial attacks from above the larger eagle. This carried on until the eagles flew over the adjacent houses and we lost sight of them. The sequence of images in this sighting shows the first part of this observation. The second part is shown in following sighting 4501865. Thanks to Barbara for the initial sighting of the larger eagle.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 153.266773-27.514185
- Places Cleveland, QLD
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 27 Jul 2023 09:35 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
-
Collections
Birds Birds of prey TimL Greater Brisbane NatureMapr
Species information
- Haliaeetus leucogaster Scientific name
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 825m Recorded at altitude
- 506 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
-
Synonyms
Icthyophaga leucogaster
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
