About Pallid Fish Eagle:
- It is also known as Pallas’s sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle, is a large, brownish sea eagle.
- Habitat: It can be seen near lakes, marshes and large rivers, from lowlands to 5,000 metres of elevation.
- Food: It feeds primarily on fish, but many other prey are part of its diet.
- It breeds usually near water in a large nest placed in a tall tree.
- It is partially migratory, with Central Asian birds wintering among the southern Asian birds in northern India, and also further west to the Persian Gulf.
- Distribution: It is found in the east Palearctic in Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List: Endangered
- Threats: Humans contribute to the decline of this species through habitat degradation, pollution, and draining or overfishing lakes.
Key Facts about Corbett Tiger Reserve
- It is located on the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand.
- It was originally established as Hailey National Park in 1936.
- It is not only the first national park in India, but also the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
- Terrain: The terrain is undulating with several valleys. The rivers Ramganga, Pallaen, and Sonanadi flow through the valleys.
- It is spread over the Bhabar and lower Shivalik regions with a deep-water table.
- Vegetation: North Indian tropical moist deciduous forests and tropical dry deciduous forests. In general, the vegetation comprises sal and mixed forests, interspersed with grass lands and riparian vegetation.
