- DISTRIBUTION : Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South-East Asia and as far south as New South Wales, Australia
- HABITAT : Lives mainly in coastal regions, estuaries, mangroves, wetland and even in urban areas.
- BEHAVIOUR AND FOOD HABIT : They construct nests with small branches and sticks with a bowl inside and lined with leaves, and are located in various trees, often mangroves. It is primarily a scavenger, feeding mainly on dead fish and crabs, especially in wetlands and marshland, but occasionally hunts live prey such as hares and bats
- FOOD SERVED HERE : Small fish
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION :
1. BODY LENGTH- 45 – 51 cm wingspan 109 – 124 cm
2. BODY WEIGHT- 320 – 670 g
3. BODY COLOUR - It has a bright chestnut plumage except for the white head and breast and black wing tips. - LIFE-SPAN : no
- THREAT : Use of pesticides, hunting, collection of nestlings for sale and loss of breeding habitat
- CONSERVATION STATUS : Least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species