Haliastur indus

1 Brahminy Kite at Cleveland, QLD

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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.

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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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Location information

Coordinates 153.263922 -27.516258
Altitude 27.7m
Places Cleveland, QLD

Sighting information

1 Abundance
10 Jan 2024 10:20 AM Recorded on
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Birds Birds of prey TimL Greater Brisbane NatureMapr

Species information

Haliastur indus Scientific name
Brahminy Kite Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 70.2m Recorded at altitude
98 images trained Machine learning

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Haliastur indus

1 Brahminy Kite at Cleveland, QLD

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