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Sea eagle, large white sea eagle.
Something like Sparrow hawk.
Haliastur sphenurus Vieillot
Range.- New Caledonia, Australia,
New Guinea Region.
Description.- A brownish, kite-like
hawk which visits grasslands, as in
Australia.
Collecting.- Not yet found in the
Loyalties and probably absent from there.
The New Caledonian bird has been
separated as johannae on account of smaller
size compared with the Australian bird.
This difference is, however, doubtful.