white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) Haliaeëtus leucogaster
Date 1796-1808
Artist Creator:Jn. Lebrecht Reinold; Creator:Clde. Fessard
Source/Photographer Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, I pl. 5
Old Latin name Haliaeëtus leucogaster
New Latin name Haliaeetus leucogaster
Common name Nederlands: Witbuikzeearend
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The white-bellied sea eagle or white-breasted sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. A distinctive bird, the adult white-bellied sea eagle has a white head, breast, under-wing coverts and tail. Haliaeetus leucogaster is found from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka in southern Asia, through all of coastal Southeast Asia and southern China, eastwards through New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, and Australia.