Diet Component Consumed by Pallas’s Fish Eagle

Diet Component by Pallas‘s Fish Eagle according to local people

Date Time Place Description

Sunoi A chick of domestic goose was hunted aPallas ‘s Fish Eagle several times

05/02/19 4:16 pmand 5:13

pm

Makhordi Mouse was brought by female twice

06/03/19 around 3pm

Makhordi One Eel fish was brought by Pallas’s FishEagle

06/03/19 at 3:13 pm Makhordi The female brought one frog.

07/03/19 Makhordi Last year one 2 kg eel fish which weightwas around 2 kg was brought by Pallas’sFish Eagle but later it didn’t brought that

fish. Later it was taken by a local guy.

07/03/19 Makhordi One woman said that Pallas’s Fish Eaglemostly brought Eel fish

09/03/19 3:32 pm Srinathpur One Snakehead murrel fish was broughtfrom Dekhar haor.

11/03/19 2:23 pm Kamalpur Our bike driver told he saw a one Pallas’sFish Eagle brought a Striped Keelback

from the river.

27/02/19 4:43 pm Kalamborpurmilik

One Boggut labeo fish brought by a malePallas’s Fish Eagle

Makhordi

15/06/19 Indrapur Okhil das said he seen several times toeat Indian rat snake in tangua haor

15/06/19 Indrapur Jagannath das said that he has seen oneadult Pallas’s Fish Eagle caught a Pintail

in tangua in 2018

15/06/19 Indrapur Okhil das said he has seen to catch a Cootby a Pallas’s Fish Eagle in in tangua haor

tangua haor in winter of 2019

15/06/19 Ramsinghapur Okhil das said that one Pallas’s FishEagle caught a Ferrugineous Pochard

which was set up a satellite transmitter toknow its migration route by IUCN,

Bangladesh but that duck was later founddead in the tower in ramsinghapur inmarch 2019. The satellite transmitter

from the duck which was collected fr.omthat dead duck. People also said that the

duck Pallas’s Eagle do not feed thewhole. Half of the body mostly found

under the nestling tree which was foundabsolutely true.

Direct observation brought different prey items by Pallas’s Fish Eagle

Incubation period

Date Place Items taken bymale or femalepallas’s eagle

Prey Items taken

05/11/18 Bishara Male The male broughtan eel fish and feed

on the nest for2:12 pm – 2:19 pm

06/11/18 Bishara Female The femalebrought toad fromoutside at 4:01 pm

08/12/18 Bishara Male 8:10 am. A smallfish was brought

by male,

26/12/18 Bishara Male Male brought fishat 9:43 am and onechick of duck wasbrought at 2:22 pm

01/03/19 Younuspur Male The male brought aSnakehead murrel

fish at 4:10 pm

04/03/19 Younuspur Male The male brought aSpotted snakehead

fish at 4:45 pm

once.

26/03/19 Younuspur Male Male brought asmall Spotted

snakehead fish at4:55 pm

07/04/19 Younuspur Male The male brought afrog at 11:09 am

Nestling Period

Date Place Items taken bymale or femalepallas’s eagle

Prey Items taken

09/03/19 Manik khila Male The male brought asmall Boggut

labeo fish at 5:22pm

13/03/19 Makhordi Female 1)Female broughta Snakehead

murrel fish on 3:43pm

13/03/19 Kamalpur Male The male bought aSpotted snakehead

fish at 11:12 amand (2) a frog at

2:11 pm and(3)mid-sized fish

at 4:52 pm

14/03/19 Ramsinghapur Male 1) The male

brought a mediumSpotted snakeheadfish at 3:13 pm and(2) The male againbrought a mediumSpotted snakehead

fish at 5:32 pm

15/03/19 Ramsinghapur Male (1)The male backat 1:18 pm and itsleft leg there was a

frog

(2)The malebrought a frog withgrass and mud in

its right leg at 4:36pm

19/03/19 Bishara Male One frog which screaming sound was heard clearly chi- chi-chi was brought by an adultfemale at 3:38 pm

21/03/19 Ramsinghapur Male (1)The malebrought a frogon 11:39 pm

(2) Male brought afrog at 2:52 pm

(3) Male brought asmall chick ofduck in nest at

3:51 pm

22/03/19 Ramsinghapur Male (1)The malebrought a Boggutlabeo fish at 11:39

pm

(2)Male brought afrog at 2:52 pm

(3)Male brought asmall chick of

domestic duck at3:51 pm

23/03/19 Ramsinghapur Male Male back thetower at 5:14 pmby bringing a frog

at 5:14 pm

Male (2)Male brought afrog at 5:57 in the

nest

Female (3) The femalebrought a small

Boggut labeo fishat 3:05 pm

24/03/19 Ramsinghapur Male (1) Male brought aBoggut labeo fish

at 10:53 am

(2) Male brought aSpotted snakehead

at 2:43 pm

Figure 1 (1) A head of Long-whiskered catfish (2) a head of Wallago catfish (3) Aspinal cord of a hunted domestic duck, (4) A head of Wallago catfish (5) A dropped

Grass carp without head (6) A beak of domestic duck

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Figure 2: (1) A head of a Wallago catfish, (2) A head of a Wallago catfish, (3)Ahead of a Wallago catfish

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Figure 3 : (1) A beak of a hunted domestic duck (2) Head of 5 Wallago catfish and1 Long-whiskered catfish (3) A skull of Wallago catfish (4) A half eaten eel fish

was found under the nestling tree (5) A beak of a hunted domestic duck

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Figure 4: (1) A leg of a dead Eurasian Coot (2) A head of a Wallago catfish (3) Ahead of an unknown fish (4) A skull of a mouse (5) A head of a Wallago catfish

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Figure 5: (1) A backbone of a mouse (2) A dead body of Eurasian Coot (3) A spinalcord of a domestic duck (4) A skull of a domestic duck

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