Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus intermedius
- Feeding behaviour
Photographer : © Amar-Singh HSS
Location : Ulu Dedap, Perak, Malaysia
Date :
7 February 2019
English synonyms: Red-backed Kite, White-headed Kite, White-and-red Eagle Kite, White-headed Sea Eagle
Bird Family : Accipitrinae - Hawks, Bazas, Honey-buzzards, Eagles, Kites, Vultures, Harriers & Buzzards
Bird Group : CICONIIFORMES
Red Data Status : Least Concern
Remarks : I saw this rather unusual situation; a Brahminy Kite had caught a prey and was attempting to feed on it on the ground. Four Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis ) had ‘surrounded’ it and were watching intently, hoping to gain access to the prey as well (possible group Kleptoparasitism). They did not seem afraid of the raptor and were interrupting its feeding. It is possible that the prey caught was too big to carry away.
-Amar
Taxonomic Notes :
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1. Brahminy Kite >> Feeding behaviour
2. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
3. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
4. Brahminy Kite >> Adult feeding
5. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
6. Brahminy Kite >> Taking off
7. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
8. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
9. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
10. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
11. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
12. Brahminy Kite >> Fishing
13. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
14. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
15. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
16. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
17. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
18. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
19. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
20. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
21. Brahminy Kite
22. Brahminy Kite
23. Brahminy Kite
24. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
25. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
26. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
27. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
28. Brahminy Kite >> Adult and juvenile
29. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
30. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
31. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
32. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
33. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
34. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
35. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
36. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile taking off
37. Brahminy Kite >> Juveniles
38. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile with fish
39. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
40. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
41. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
42. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
43. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
44. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
45. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
46. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
47. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
48. Brahminy Kite >> Immature feeding
49. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
50. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
51. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
52. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
53. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
54. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from below
55. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from above
56. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
57. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with fish
58. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from below
59. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
60. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
61. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
62. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
63. Brahminy Kite >> Pair
64. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
65. Brahminy Kite >> In flight from below
66. Brahminy Kite >> In flight from below
67. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
68. Brahminy Kite >> Adult preening
69. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
70. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from below
71. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from above
72. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
73. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
74. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
75. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
76. Brahminy Kite >> With fish
77. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
78. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
79. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
80. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
81. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight
82. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
83. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
84. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
85. Brahminy Kite >> In flight
86. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
87. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
88. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
89. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
90. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
91. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
92. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
93. Brahminy Kite >> Adult on nest
94. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight
95. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
96. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
97. Brahminy Kite >> Subadult
98. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
99. Brahminy Kite >> In flight
100. Brahminy Kite >> Subadult
101. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with fish
102. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
103. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
104. Brahminy Kite
105. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
106. Brahminy Kite >> Diving
107. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
108. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from below
109. Brahminy Kite >> Immature foraging
110. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
111. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight
112. Brahminy Kite >> In flight
113. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
114. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with fish
115. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
116. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
117. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
118. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
119. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
120. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
121. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
122. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
123. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
124. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from above
125. Brahminy Kite >> Adults
126. Brahminy Kite
127. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
128. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
129. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
130. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
131. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
132. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
133. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
134. Brahminy Kite >> Adult feeding
135. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
136. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from above
137. Brahminy Kite >> In flight
138. Brahminy Kite >> Pair
139. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
140. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
141. Brahminy Kite
142. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
143. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
144. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile with prey
145. Brahminy Kite >> Immature foraging
146. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
147. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
148. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
149. Brahminy Kite >> Adult feeding
150. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
151. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
152. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from above
153. Brahminy Kite >> Tail pattern
154. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
155. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile beginning to moult into adult plumage
156. Brahminy Kite >> Immature with prey
157. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
158. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight
159. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
160. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
161. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
162. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
163. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
164. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
165. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from below
166. Brahminy Kite >> Immature feeding
167. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
168. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
169. Brahminy Kite >> Adult taking off
170. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
171. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight
172. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
173. Brahminy Kite >> Nest building
174. Brahminy Kite >> Nest building
175. Brahminy Kite >> Adult on nest
176. Brahminy Kite >> Pair on nest
177. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
178. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
179. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
180. Brahminy Kite
181. Brahminy Kite
182. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
183. Brahminy Kite >> In flight
184. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
185. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
186. Brahminy Kite >> Subadult
187. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
188. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
189. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
190. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
191. Brahminy Kite >> Landing
192. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
193. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
194. Brahminy Kite >> Taking off
195. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
196. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
197. Brahminy Kite >> Foraging
198. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
199. Brahminy Kite
200. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
201. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
202. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
203. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight
204. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
205. Brahminy Kite >> Adult bathing
206. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
207. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
208. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
209. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
210. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
211. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
212. Brahminy Kite >> Diving
213. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
214. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
215. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
216. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
217. Brahminy Kite >> Sub-adult
218. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
219. Brahminy Kite >> Immature in flight from below
220. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
221. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
222. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
223. Brahminy Kite >> Pair
224. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
225. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
226. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
227. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
228. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
229. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
230. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
231. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
232. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
233. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
234. Brahminy Kite >> Adult in flight from below
235. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight from below
236. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
237. Brahminy Kite >> Adult with prey
238. Brahminy Kite >> Adult hovering
239. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
240. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile in flight
241. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
242. Brahminy Kite >> Adults
243. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
244. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
245. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
246. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
247. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
248. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
249. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile
250. Brahminy Kite >> Adult
251. Brahminy Kite >> Immature
252. Brahminy Kite >> Juvenile