An observation of the White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster preying on Saltwater Crocodile hatchlings Crocodylus porosus in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Nimain Charan Palei; Bhakta Padarbinda Rath; Bimal Prasanna Acharya

doi:10.11609/jott.4916.11.13.14767-14769

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Oct 2019)

An observation of the White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster preying on Saltwater Crocodile hatchlings Crocodylus porosus in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Nimain Charan Palei,
Bhakta Padarbinda Rath,
Bimal Prasanna Acharya

Affiliations

Nimain Charan Palei: Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) & Chief Wildlife Warden, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751007, India.
Bhakta Padarbinda Rath: Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) & Chief Wildlife Warden, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751007, India.
Bimal Prasanna Acharya: Office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Mangrove Forest Division (Wildlife) Rajnagar, Kendrapara, Odisha 754225, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4916.11.13.14767-14769
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 13
pp. 14767 – 14769

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During our regular monitoring of Salt Water Crocodile in Bhitarakanika National Park in Odisha, eastern India, we for the first time photographed the predation of a hatchling Salt Water Crocodile by a White-bellied Sea Eagle. This information is very crucial as it aid in understanding the natural history of the species.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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