lesser fish eagle (Ichthyophaga humilis) Description Polioaetus plumbeus (=Ichthyophaga humilis plumbeus)
Date 1876
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876 (http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1876zool#page/n958/mode/1up)
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PolioaetusPlumbeusSmit.jpg
The lesser fish eagle (Ichthyophaga humilis) is a species of Ichthyophaga found in the Indian subcontinent, primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas, and south-east Asia. There are two subspecies: Ichthyophaga humilis humilis, which is native to the Malaysian Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi; and Ichthyophaga humilis plumbea, which is native to Kashmir through southeast India, Nepal, and Burma towards Indochina. Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae, Genus: Ichthyophaga, Species: Ichthyophaga humilis (Müller,S & Schlegel, 1841).