Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 37

BRAHMINY KITE Haliastur indus #

Local name Man Sapur (Sansundi).

Range H. i. girrenera Biak, Supiori, Padaido Islands, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Resident. Obtained by just two collectors but seen by most visitors. Regularly observed in ones and twos in coastal areas including the tsunami swamp. 17 July 1994: one on Wundi (Padaido Islands) (D. Roberson, eBird checklist S6813691).