Species profile
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Quick answer
Local name Man Sapur (Sansundi). Range H. i. girrenera Biak, Supiori, Padaido Islands, Numfor, Yapen. Status Resident. Obtained by just two collectors but seen by most visitors. Regularly observed in ones and twos in coastal areas including the tsunami swamp. 17 July 1994: one on Wundi (Padaido Islands) (D. Roberson, eBird checklist S 6813691).
- Scientific name
- Haliastur indus
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Haliastur
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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