Pallas's fish eagle

Adults weigh 2.9 kg, with values from 2.56 to 3.21 kg, and have a wingspan of 1.98 m, with values from 1.8 to 2.15 m. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, a threatened category, and has a geographic range of 533,800 km².

Weight

2.56 kg – 3.21 kgsrc for Weight

Length

72 cm – 85 cmsrc for Length

Wingspan

1.8 m – 2.15 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Main food

vertebratessrc for Main food

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

40 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2.4 – 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.97 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aerialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The pallas's fish eagle is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusHaliaeetus
7. SpeciesHaliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771)

Synonyms Aquila leucorypha, Falco macei

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

White-tailed eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Accipitridae

VU, Vulnerable

Steller's sea eagle

Haliaeetus pelagicus

Accipitridae

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@misc{pallass_fish_eagle_2026,
  title = {Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pallass-fish-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}