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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Four subspecies are recognised: nominate race breeds from India to China and Indochina, ''intermedius'' in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, ''girrenera'' in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and ''flavirostris'' in the Solomon Islands. | Four subspecies are recognised: nominate race breeds from India to China and Indochina, ''intermedius'' in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, ''girrenera'' in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and ''flavirostris'' in the Solomon Islands. | ||
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Coastal mudflats, islands, estuaries and mangroves. In some areas common in coastal towns. | Coastal mudflats, islands, estuaries and mangroves. In some areas common in coastal towns. | ||
==Behavior== | ==Behavior== | ||
Revision as of 23:44, 2 July 2008
- Haliastur indus
Identification
Distribution
Southern Asia to Australia. Breeds in much of India and Sri Lanka and in mainly coastal areas from Burma and southern China south to Malaya and from the Philippines, Borneo and Sumatra east to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands, and Australia. In Australia a northern coastal species found from about Shark Bay in Western Australia to central New South Wales. Resident.
Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognised: nominate race breeds from India to China and Indochina, intermedius in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, girrenera in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and flavirostris in the Solomon Islands.
Habitat
Coastal mudflats, islands, estuaries and mangroves. In some areas common in coastal towns.
