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Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malayensis (Hodgson)
Identification: It has a black plumage and measures about 69 to 81 cm. in length. It has very long wings with rounded tips. The tail is also long and rounded with gray cross-bars on its inner webs. Its feet and cere are yellow in colour.
Habitat: It is a resident bird, found in evergreen and moist deciduous forests and foot hills upto an altitude of 2700 meters in the Himalayas.
Distribution: It is a rare vagrant in the Murree hills in Punjab.
Breeding: It breeds between January and April and rarely lays more than one egg.There is no information avaialable on its breeding in Pakistan.
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