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Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is the largest historical temple. Angkor wat is in Siem Reap, Cambodia it covers up to 162.6 hectares. It was built by the Khmer king Sayavarman II in the 12 century. Before entering Angkor Wat you need to buy a ticket, there are three types of a ticket the first one is the 1-day ticket in the one-day ticket you get to go only that day. the second ticket is the 3-day ticket in the three-day ticket you get to go 3 days in the week or it will expire the last ticket is the 7-day ticket in the seven-day ticket you get to go 7 days in the month or it will expire. There are many means of transport to get to Angkor Wat like cars, tuk-tuks, bikes, cycles, etc, the best of them all is a tuk-tuk because it is really nice, the view but before you can go to Angkor Wat you need to get a ticket from the ticket counter. The best time to go to Angkor Wat is at the time of the sunrise because the sunrise is right above Angkor. Angkor is bordered by a beautiful mo...

The Common Myna The common myna is also called Indian myna. The mynas upperside of the body, underside of the body and the breast is brown in color. The bird's feet, beak, and an eye patch is yellow in color. the head and the neck is black in color. The upper side of the wing is brown to black with a triangle shaped white patch and the underside of the wing is brown to black with a triangle shaped white patch. the upper side of the tail is brown to black to white and the underside of the tail is white to black to white. the bird's plumage is brown with a little bit of black and white. the adult mynas beak is sharp and yellow in color and the juveniles have a black patch on their beak. the myna can grow up to 25 cm and the wingspan can grow up to 30 cm  long the myna feeds on insects and it also eats seeds. the bird can be found in Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka; as well as Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, to Mal...

The Red-whiskered Bulbul  The Red-whiskered Bulbul is also called the crested bulbul. The bulbul's upper side, the upper side of the tail, plumage, the upper side of the wings, the upper side of the neck, shoulders and the breast is light brown. Their underside of the body, the underside of the tail, the underside of the wings, the underside of the neck and chin are white. They have red and white whiskers. Their beaks are pointy and black and have a crest on their head. Their beak can grow up to 1/2 to 1 cm long and have a black cere. their tail has two points like a "W" and on the starting of the back of the tail, there is a red spot, has a line in the back of the center of the tail and has 4 tail on the tail. Their featherless legs are grey in color with tiny talons 1 in the back and three in the front and their talon con grows up to 0.7 cm long. The head of the bulbul is small and black and have a black iris. he bulbul can grow up to 12 to 18 cm long and has a wi...

Lesser fish eagle The Lesser fish eagle is a sea eagle. It is smaller than its cousin the grey-headed fish eagle(if you want to know more about the grey-headed fish eagle look at the link down below). The eagle is a medium-sized sea eagle that is primarily grey-brown in color with broad, blunt wings and coarse featherless legs. The eagle is often confused with the grey-headed eagle. The eagle has a brown breast with white thighs and belly. They have a short rounded tail and large curved talons with a long neck and a small head. Adults have a wingspan reaching 1.2m and have a length of 64cm tall. The eagle feeds on fishes which it snatches from the water. The eagle can be found in the Indian subcontinent, Himalayas, Nepal, Bruma, and parts of southeast Asia. https://anaybalar.blogspot.com/2019/04/grey-headed-fish-eagle.html

The Sanford's sea eagle Sanford's sea eagle is a sea eagle and some times it is also called as Sanford's fish eagle or the Solomon eagle. it forms a superspecies with the white-bellied eagle. the plumage is whitish brown to bright brown on the head and the neck. the underparts are brown to reddish brown to dark brown. the upperparts are darkish brown to gray-black. the eyes are bright brown and this eagle has an entirely dark tail throughout its life, unlike other sea eagles. the eagle length can grow up to 70 to 90 cm long and has a wingspan of 165 to 185 cm.the eagle can weigh up to 1.1 to 2.7 kgs.   the eagle feeds on fish, molluscs, crabs, tortoises, sea snakes, some times northern common cuscus and rarely birds and megabats.it can be found in Solomon islands only. the eagle was discovered and named after Dr. Leonard C. Sanford.   

The Madagascan fish eagle The Madagascan fish eagle is also called the Madagascan sea eagle. The eagle is a critically endangered species. The body and wings are dark brown, with a pale brown head and a whitetail, the bill is blackish with a paler base, and the legs are pale grey. The eagle's length can reach up to  60 - 66 cm and has a wingspan of  165 - 180 cm. The eagle's weight can weigh up to 2.2 to 3.5 kg. The eagle feeds on large fish but can some times also steal prey from other birds. The eagle can only be found in northwest Madagascar. 

The Grey-headed fish eagle A smallish to medium size fish eagle. The grey-headed fish eagle is a sea eagle. It's is often called the tank eagle in Sri Lanka. It is often confused with the lesser fish eagle and the Pallas's fish eagle. The Eagle has a small bill, a small head on a long neck, rounded tail and shortish legs with unfeathered tarsi and long talons. Adults are grey-brown with a pale grey head and pale iris, belly, and tail are white. Breast and neck are brown, with the wings dark brown. The eagle's length can reach up to  61 - 75 and has a wingspan of 155 - 170 cm. The eagle has a weight of  2.3kg to 2.7kg. The eagle mainly feeds on dead fish or alive fish, reptiles terrestrial birds and mammals. The eagle can be found in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam in India and Southeast Asia to Malaysia, western Indonesia, and the Philippines. The eagle was first found by Horsfield in 1841.     

The Bald eagle The Bald eagle is a sea eagle Haliaeetus Hali means sea and aeetus mean eagle. The eagle has 2 subspecies and forms a species pair with the White-tailed eagle. the plumage of an adult bald eagle is dark brown with a white head and tail. the eagles tail is long and slightly wedge-shaped. the beak, feet and the irises are bright yellow. the toes are short and powerful with large talons. The beak is large and hooked with a yellow cere. The eagle feeds on fish, birds, and mammals fish like trout and salmon, birds like ducks gulls etc and mammals like sea otters. The eagle lives in North America and some parts of Central America. The eagle was discovered in 1782 by Linnaeus. The eagle lays 1 to 3 eggs per year. The bald eagle is both the national animal and the national bird of the United States. The eagle was removed from the endangered species of the U.S. list of endangered species in July 12,1995 and transferred to th...

The White-tailed eagle The eagle is also known as the White-tailed sea eagle or the Eurasian sea eagle. The bald eagle is considered to be a close cousin of the White-tailed eagle (if you want to check out the bald eagle please click on the link at the bottom)and cousin of the Steelers sea eagle(if you want to check out the Steelers sea eagle please click on the link at the bottom). The adult White-tailed eagle is greyish mid brown all over. The plumage is fairly uniform over most of the body and the wing but the upper wing coverts are typically somewhat paler. contrasting with the rest of the plumage in the adult are clearly paler looking head, neck and upper breast which is most often a buffy hue. the brownish hue of the adult overall makes the somewhat wedge-shaped white tail stand out in contrast. all the bare parts of the body are yellow in color including the bill, cere, feet, and eyes. The eagle's diet includes fish like lumpfish and crap et...

The Steller's sea eagle The Steller's sea eagle is one of the largest birds of prey. The eagle is often called the worlds most magnificent bird of prey. The eagle is some times known as the Stellers sea eagle or the white-shouldered eagle. In the wild, the eagle can live up to 20-25 years. The mature eagle has dark brown to black  plumage, with strongly contrasting white  on the lesser and median upper wing coverts, underwing coverts, thighs, under tail coverts and tail. They have a diamond-shaped whitetail. The eagle's eyes, bill, and the feet are yellow. The young Steller's sea eagle has a dark brownish iris, whitish legs, blackish brown beak and there plumage is largely a uniform dark sooty-brown with occasional grey-brown streaking above the head and the neck. The females can grow upto 6-9 kg and the males can grow up to 5-7 kg. The length of the eagle is 85 to 105 cm and the wingspan is 1.95 to 2.5 meters. The eagle mainly feeds on fish like salmon an...

The Harpy eagle The Harpy eagle is also called the Amazon Harpy eagle or the Royal-Hawk. It is the largest and most powerful eagle found in the rain forest. The eagle can live up to 25 to 35 years. The upper half of the harpy eagle's body is covered with slate-black feathers while the underside is mostly white. A broad black band across the upper breast separates the grey head from the white belly. The head is pale grey and is crowned with a double crest. The upper half of the tale is black with three grey bands and the underside of it is black with three white bands. The core and the bill are black and the tarsi and the toes are yellow. A female harpy can weigh up to 6 - 9 kg and the males can weigh up to 4 - 4.8kg. The harpy eagle is 86.5-107 cm in total length and has a wingspan of 176-224 cm. The harpy eagle feeds on monkeys, sloths and other mammals. The eagle also may attack bird species like parrots. It is found in Mexico throughout Central America and into S...

The Philippine eagle The Philippine eagle is one of the largest and rarest birds of prey. A critically endangered species, fewer than 900 adults remain on just 4 Philippine islands. The Philippine eagle is 86-102 cm in total length and has a wingspan of  184-220 cm.  The Philippine eagles have long brown feathers that form a shaggy mane like a crest. The eagle has a brown face and a creamy-brown nape and crown. Its back is dark brown, the underside of its wings are  white. The legs are yellow with large, powerful and dark claws. The large, high-arched beak is bluish-gray. The eyes of the eagle are blue-grey in coloration. The Philippine eagle is also the longest eagle in extent. The males are 10% smaller than the females. The eagle's weight is 4.7-8.0 kg.  The Philippine eagle eats snakes, birds, and mammals such as flying lemurs and monkeys. Prey specimens found from the eagle's nest ranged in size from a small bat 10 g to a Philippine Deer 14 kg....