Pallas’s fish-eagle

Description

This species was previously thought to be a migratory breeder north of the Himalayas,with a stronghold in Mongolia,and a resident population in the Indian subcontinent,recent evidence and re-evaluation of historical data has since suggested that this is not,and may never have been,the case.Surveys in Mongolia between 2005-2009 found the species to be absent from 13 of 21 historically known sites (Gilbert et al.2014),and found very little evidence for the species breeding anywhere north of the Himalayas.Further surveys in Mongolia between June-August in 2012-2015 similarly found no evidence of breeding (M.Steele in litt.2017).