# Pallas's fish eagle (*Haliaeetus leucoryphus*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-14

Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae and the order Accipitriformes. It is an aerial, migratory carnivore of wetland habitat, classed as an aquatic predator. 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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 2.56 kg – 3.21 kg |
| Length | 72 cm – 85 cm |
| Wingspan | 1.8 m – 2.15 m |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Aquatic predator |
| Main food | vertebrates |
| Habitat | wetland |
| Egg incubation | 40 days |
| Young per litter or clutch | 2.4 – 2.5 |
| Age at maturity | 4.97 years |
| Litters or clutches a year | 1 |
| Lifestyle | Aerial |
| Migration | Migratory |
| Conservation status | Endangered (IUCN) |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 2 countries. Introduced: Germany, United Kingdom. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Aves
- order: Accipitriformes
- family: Accipitridae
- genus: Haliaeetus
- species: *Haliaeetus leucoryphus* (Pallas, 1771)

Synonyms: *Aquila leucorypha*, *Falco macei*

## Common questions

### What kind of animal is Pallas's fish eagle?

Pallas's fish eagle is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes.

### How big is Pallas's fish eagle?

Adults weigh 2.9 kg, with values from 2.56 to 3.21 kg. The wingspan is 1.98 m, with values from 1.8 to 2.15 m.

### What does Pallas's fish eagle eat?

Pallas's fish eagle is a carnivore classed as an aquatic predator.

### Is Pallas's fish eagle endangered?

Yes. It is listed as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List, which is a threatened category.

### What habitat does Pallas's fish eagle use?

Pallas's fish eagle uses wetland habitat and has an aerial lifestyle.

### Is Pallas's fish eagle migratory?

Yes, Pallas's fish eagle is migratory.

### How many eggs does Pallas's fish eagle lay?

It lays 2.5 eggs per clutch and has 1 clutch per year, with an incubation period of 40 days.

### Who named Pallas's fish eagle?

It was named by Pallas in 1771, written as Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771).

### Is the pallas's fish eagle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pallas's fish eagle as introduced in 2 countries: Germany and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), CC0 1.0, E096-269. Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
- [AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7), CC BY 4.0, v7. Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7
- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0, 2026-11-11. Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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