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Grey-Headed Fish Eagle
(Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)

The grey-headed fish eagle is a fish-eating bird of prey from South East Asia of the family Accipitridae.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating;  phagein to eat or "devour").
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.

Icthyophaga or Ichthyophaga is a genus of six species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Haliaeetus. Some taxonomic authorities place this genus within Haliaeetus.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating;  phagein to eat or "devour").

1/ White-bellied sea eagle (Đại bàng biển bụng trắng, Icthyophaga leucogaster), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle
Also Haliaeetus leucogaster.
2/ Grey-headed fish eagle (Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)
3/ Lesser fish eagle (Diều cá bé, Icthyophaga humilis)