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The Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) is a bird found in India, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Nepal and Bangladesh. Found in India, Bhutan, Mongolia and China. It eats fish, dead animals (carrion) and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Pallas’s Fish Eagle lives

Found in India, Bhutan, Mongolia and China.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐟 Fish60%
• 🦴 Leftovers (carrion)20%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Antero Lindholm (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC157010. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Pallas’s Fish Eagle

Where does the Pallas’s Fish Eagle live?

The Pallas’s Fish Eagle lives in India, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Nepal and Bangladesh. Found in India, Bhutan, Mongolia and China.

What does the Pallas’s Fish Eagle eat?

fish (about 60%), dead animals (carrion) (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Pallas’s Fish Eagle endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.