Haliastur indus

1 Brahminy Kite at Cleveland, QLD

Haliastur indus at Cleveland, QLD - 10 Jan 2024
Haliastur indus at Cleveland, QLD - 10 Jan 2024
Haliastur indus at Cleveland, QLD - 10 Jan 2024
Haliastur indus at Cleveland, QLD - 10 Jan 2024
Haliastur indus at Cleveland, QLD - 10 Jan 2024
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Identification history

Haliastur indus 11 Jan 2024 Liam.m
Pandion haliaetus 11 Jan 2024 TimL

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The bird had spent an hour drying itself on a channel marker out in the bay before flying off out into the bay to gain altitude, and then returning at high level to fly overhead and inland.

4 comments

KylieWaldon wrote:
   11 Jan 2024
?Little Eagle
TimL wrote:
   11 Jan 2024
Isn't this an Osprey and not a Brahminy Kite?
Liam.m wrote:
   11 Jan 2024
Hi @TimL, definitely not an Osprey. An immature Brahminy Kite.
TimL wrote:
   11 Jan 2024
Hi @Liam.m Thanks for this. There were four of these birds seen in this area over a short time, two of which were perched together on a channel marker. The bird in this sighting was one of the two on the channel marker. I'll post the images of the other three birds shortly. Tim

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 10 Jan 2024 10:20 AM Recorded on
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  • Haliastur indus Scientific name
  • Brahminy Kite Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 70.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 78 images trained Machine learning

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