![]() The Black kite is more commonly seen in Gorontalo. However, the Black kite has a forked tail. Both birds have similar flight patterns and angled wings. The Brahminy kite is similar in size to the Black kite ( Milvus migrans), which we also see flying above the dive center. This comes from a study that Byth published in 1865. , the Brahminy kite found in the Philippines, along the Malay peninsula, among the Sunda islands, and throughout coastal Sulawesi, including Gorontalo, is a subspecies Haliastur indus intermedius. European natural scientists conducted the initial surveys of this bird in India where it was common coastally and considered sacred. Populations of this beautiful bird range from India, to Southeast Asia, to coastal Australia. However, an additional benefit is plenty of habitat for this bird to nest. The intention was to prevent erosion during heavy rains. Beginning in the Dutch era until the present, residents were forbidden to cut fire wood along those steep slopes. Moreover, natural forest covers the steep mountains on each side of the river where our dive center is located. ![]() Happily, this coincides with diving season in Gorontalo. Moreover, it will occasionally grab and eat live prey, such as rats, bats, or crabs.īrahminy kite nesting season in Southeast Asia lasts from December to April. These birds also will steal what another bird has grabbed, making them both beautiful and opportunistic. If the bird does not like the floating object it has grabbed from the river, it will drop it. This bird is a mostly scavenger and will dive to grasp anything dead floating downriver. Often, several will circle, hover, and dive in the river estuary where our dock is located. With its distinctive white head and reddish-brown body and wings, the Brahminy kite is easy to spot. It is the reverence the Hindus have for these raptors that has really protected them.Guests of Miguel’s Diving can watch for Brahminy kites as we leave the dock for a day’s diving or when we return. They fly around with their parents for another two weeks before going on their own. The young fledglings take their first flight. The hatchlings are very voracious and the parents make very frequent trips to feed them with scraps of meat. ![]() Two greyish white speckled eggs with dingy brown blotches are laid. ![]() The nest is a platform of loosely arranged twigs and lined The nesting season is from December to April. More so, if the trees are on river banks or lake shores. Tall banyan, peepul or similar trees are their favourite nesting trees. When a bonded pair are circling the skies, one can hear their hoarse wheezy Keeeeyuv.kreeeeeyoooooo calls. In cultivated areas it is a sight to see the Garuda swoop down on a flushed out snake and carry it away. Sometimes during the monsoons these birdsĬome inland in search of waterlogged areas to feed on crabs and fish. Fishing ports attract these birds, where you may find them hovering above, waiting for a chance to dive down and take away a fish. These birds are resident in habit and they migrate only locally. Their distribution is throughout the country except at altitudes above 6000ft. These birds inhabit the riversides, lakes and the sea coast. Bronze idols of a human figure with wings and a beak-like nose are worshipped reverently as GarudavahanaĪn eagle sized bird, very distinguished looking with a white head and neck with rusty brown body. The mythological carrier of Vishnu the supreme God of the Hindus. Most Indians are familiar with the Garuda.
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