Kites, Bazas and Osprey

1.Osprey (pandion haliaetus 55-58cm)

This type of birds mainly found in Himalayas and this type of birds are widespread also migrate mainly in winter season. It has long wings, typically angled at carpals and short-tail. It has whitish head with black stripe through eye, white under body, under wing and black carpal patches. It is found in large island water and coastal water.

2. Jerson's (Baza Aviceda jerdons 46cm)
It is mainly found in E.himalayas, hill of India, Bangladesh as well as Sri-Lanka. It has long and erect white tipped crest. It also has long broad wings (pinched in at base) and fairy long tail. Pale rufous head, indistinct gular stripe, rufous barred underparts and underwing coverts and bold barring across primary tips. At rest, closed wings extend well down tail. Juvenile has whitish head and narrower dark barring on tail. It is found in Broadleaved ever green forest.

3. Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes 33cm)
It is mainly found in Himalayan foot hills, NE and S.India, Bangladesh and Sri-Lanka. It is largely black with long crest and had white breast bund as well as greyish underside to primaries contrasting with black under wing coverts. It is found in Broad leaved ever green forest.

4. Black Shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus 31-35cm)
It is widespread resident but it is unrecorded in parts of north west and notheast. It is small in size, it has grey and white with black shoulders. It's flight is buoyant with much hovering. Juvenile has brownish grey upperparts with pale fringes, with less distinct shoulder patch. Grassland with cultivation and open scrub.

5. Red Kite (Milvus milvus 60-66cm)
It is vagrant which found in Nepal and India. It has long and deeply forked rufous-orange tail. It has long wing usually sharply angled. Rufous underparts and under wing coverts whitish head, pale band across upperwing coverts and striking whitish patches at base of primaries on underwing. Recorded in region of Semi-desert.

6. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus 48cm)
It is wide spread resident and unrecorded parts of noth west and noth east. It is small in size and kite like flight. It's wings usually angled at carpals. Its tail is rounded. In this type of species, Adult has mainly chestnut with white head, neck and breast. Junvenile mainly brown with pale streaking on head, mantle and breast largely whitish patches at base of primaries and cinnamon-browntail. It is found in land and coastal water.

Short-Toed Snake Eagle, Serpent Eagle and Black Eagle

1. Short-Toed Snake Eagle (circaetus gallicus) 62-67cm
It is resident and mainly found in Pakistan, South Nepal and India. It has long and broad wings, pinched in at base and rather long-tail. It's head is broad and rounded. It soars with wings flat or slightly raised; frequently hovers. It pattern variable, often with dark headed and breast, barred underbody, dark trailing edge to underwing and broad subterminal tail band; can be very pale on underbody and underwing. Mainly found in open dry plains and hill.

2. Crested Serpent Eagle (spilornis cheela) 56-74cm
It is widespread resident. It has broad rounded wings. It soars with wings held forward and in pronounced V. Similarly Adult has broad white bands across wing and tails hooded apperance at rest with yellow cere and lores and white spotting on brown underparts. Juvenile has blackish ear-coverts, yellow cere and lores, whistish head and underparts narrower barring on tail (than Adult) and largely white underwing with fine dark barring and dark trailing edge. S.C davisoni of Andamans and Nicobars is Small with buff underparts and underwing coverts and narrower white banding on wings and tail. It is found in forest and well-wooded country.

3. Small Serpent Eagle (Spilornis minimus; 46-48cm)
This type of birds is resident Nicobars. It is very small in size than other. S.M minimus of central Nicobars has white scaling on black crest, cinnamon-grey underparts with white barring, broad grey central brand across uppertail and broad white central band and some white at base on undertail. Juvenile minimus has buff tips to crown; crest and upperparts and full second pale band across uppertail. S.m Klossi of Great Nicobar has cinnamon scaling in black crest, blackish gular stripe, plain cinnamon underparts and narrow black banding on white undertail. It is found in forest near rivers.

4. Black Eagle (lctinaetus malayensis 69-81cm)
It is resident and found in Himalayas, hill of India, Bangladesh and Sri-Lanka. Distinctive wing shaped and long tail. It flies with wing rasi.