The White-Bellied Sea Eagle

Books

• Carey, G.J. et al. (eds) (2001) The Avifauna of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.

• Debus, S.J.S.(1998) The Birds of Prey of Australia: a Field Guide to Australian Raptors. Oxford University Press.

• del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds.) (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 2. Lynx Edicions.

• Ferguson-Lees, J. and Christie, D.A. (2001) Raptors of the World. A. and C. Black.

• Marchant, S. and Higgins, P. (Eds.) (1993) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Vol. 2. Oxford University Press.

• Mayr, E. and Cottrell, G.W. (eds.) (1979) Check-list of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Museum of Comparative Zoology.

• Robson C. (2000) A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia-Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia. Princeton University Press.

• Zheng G. and Wang W. (eds) (1998) China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals-Aves. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commission, P.R.C. Science Press.

Articles

• Bilney, R.J. and Emison, W.B. (1983) ‘Breeding of the White-bellied Sea-Eagle in the Gippsland Lakes Region of Victoria, Australia’, Australian Birdwatcher, 10(2), pp. 61–68. Available at: https://afo.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/1162 (Accessed: 4 March 2026).

• Chow, K.L. (2003) ‘Raptors of Hong Kong’, Hong Kong Biodiversity, 4, pp. 11–12. Available at: https://www.afcd.gov.hk/tc_chi/conservation/hkbiodiversity/newsletters/files/hkbonewsletter4.pdf (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• Debus, S.J.S. (2008) ‘Biology and diet of the White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster breeding in Northern Inland New South Wales’, Australian Ornithology, 25, pp.165–193. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228871132_Biology_and_Diet_of_the_White-bellied_Sea-Eagle_Haliaeetus_leucogaster_Breeding_in_Northern_Inland_New_South_Wales (Accessed: 4 March 2026).

• So, I.W.Y. and Lee, W.H. (2010) ‘Breeding Ecology of White-Bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster, 白腹海鵰) in Hong Kong – A Review and Update’, Hong Kong Biodiversity, 18, pp. 1-8. Available at: https://www.afcd.gov.hk/tc_chi/publications/publications_con/files/IssueNo18.pdf (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• Tsim S.T., Lee W.H., Cheung C.S., Chow K.L., Ma Y.N. and Liu K.Y. (2003) ‘The population and breeding ecology of White-bellied Sea Eagles in Hong Kong’, Hong Kong Biodiversity 5, pp. 1-7. Available at: https://bih.gov.hk/filemanager/newsletter/en/upload/8/hkbonewsletter5.pdf (Accessed 4 March 2026).

Websites

• AFCD (2025) Bird Conservation in Hong Kong. Available at: https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/conservation/con_fau/con_fau_bird/con_fau_bird_bwhk/con_fau_bird_bwhk.html (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• Clunie, P. (1994) Plants and Animals: Flora and Fauna Guarantee: Action Statement No. 6: White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster. Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Australia. Available at: https://bio-prd-naturekit-public-data.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/actionstmts/White-bellied_Sea-Eagle_AS_10226.pdf (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• Hong Kong e-Legislation (2022) Cap. 170 Wild Animals Protection Ordinance. Available at: https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap170 (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• IUCN Red List (2026) White-bellied Sea-eagle. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22695097/216253643 (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• KFGB (2014) Hailey, the White-bellied Sea Eagle - REMEMBERED. Available at: https://www.kfbg.org/en/KFBG-blog/post/Hailey-the-White-bellied-Sea-Eagle-REMEMBERED (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• NPC (2007) Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife. Available at: http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/englishnpc/Law/2007-12/12/content_1383926.htm (Accessed: 3 March 2026).

• Tasmanian Government Department of Natural Resources and Environment. (n.d.). White-bellied sea-eagle listing statement. Available at: https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/White-bellied%20sea-eagle%20Listing%20Statement%20approvedbySEC.pdf (Accessed: 4 March 2026).