Listen to the White-bellied sea eagle
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About the White-bellied sea eagle
The White-bellied sea eagle is a bird in the family Accipitridae (order Accipitriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 2.0 m and weigh around 2.4 kg.
What does the White-bellied sea eagle sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The white-bellied sea eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle, is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Originally described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, it is closely related to Sanford's sea eagle of the Solomon Islands, and the two are considered a superspecies. A distinctive bird, the adult white-bellied sea eagle has a white head, breast, under-wing coverts and tail. The upper parts are grey and the black under-wing flight feathers contrast with the white coverts. The tail is short and wedge-shaped as in all Haliaeetinae species. Like many raptors, the female is larger than the male, and can measure up to 90 cm (35 in) long with a wingspan of up to 2.2 m (7.2 ft), and weigh 4.5 kg (9.9 lb). Immature birds have brown plumage, which is gradually replaced by white until the age of five or six years. The call is a loud goose-like honking.
Related birds in the genus Haliaeetus
More from the family Accipitridae
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Eurasian goshawk
Astur gentilis
Black kite
Milvus migrans
Common buzzard
Buteo buteo
Eurasian griffon vulture
Gyps fulvus
Red kite
Milvus milvus
Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus
Short-toed snake eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Booted eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Bonelli's eagle
Aquila fasciata
Frequently asked questions
What does a White-bellied sea eagle sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the White-bellied sea eagle on this page, including its flight call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the White-bellied sea eagle endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the White-bellied sea eagle as “least concern”.
What family does the White-bellied sea eagle belong to?
The White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.
Sources & credits
- Flight call · Ezhimala, Kannur, Kerala, India by Manoj Karingamadathil – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) flight call from Ezhimala, Kerala by Manoj Karingamadathil – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q45974 – CC0
- Wikipedia: White-bellied sea eagle – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by The original uploader was Djambalawa at English Wikipedia . – CC BY 3.0