Long-tailed Sea Eagle / Pallas’s Fish Eagle

Pallas’s Fish Eagle

Status: V category, Vulnerable, VU, Cl. A species at risk of extinction. One of eight species of eagles in the world fauna and one of two species in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. A monotypic species.

Distribution general and in the country. From the Caspian Sea to Transbaikalia. Winters in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and India. In Kyrgyzstan, it is a rare migratory and wintering bird [2].

Habitat. Water bodies with reed beds, river floodplains with poplar-willow forests.

Population. No special accounting work has been conducted, and there is currently no reliable data.

Life style (life cycles). Migrates and stays during winter. However, there are literary references to the presence of the eagle in summer [2].

Limiting factors. Direct destruction, reduction of suitable habitats.

Breeding (keeping in captivity). No information available.

Existing conservation measures. Listed in the Red Book of the USSR (1984) [39]. Included in Appendix 2 of the "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora" [3]. There are no protected areas in Kyrgyzstan.

Recommended conservation measures. Protection of wintering sites. Promotion of species conservation through mass media. Organization of a nursery for captive breeding. Determine the actual population at wintering sites and organize supplementary feeding. Study limiting factors.

Long-tailed Sea Eagle

Pallas’s Fish Eagle
Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771)
Status: V category, Vulnerable, VU, CI. One of the two species of the Haliaeetus genus in Kyrgyzstan. A monotypic species. A rare migratory and wintering bird in Kyrgyzstan. Although there are old data on Pallas’s Fish Eagle occurrence during nesting time in Issyk-Kul oblast. Prefers lakes and rivers with dense reeds and forests. No exact data on numbers are reported. Limiting factors: direct game shooting, reduction of suitable habitats. Included in the USSR Red Book of 1984. It is recommended to protect winter roosting sites, increase public awareness, feed them during winter, and organize a nursery for breeding and re-introduction purposes.