Elang Bondol in Puntikayu Palembang

Elang Bondol or the scientific name is Haliastur Indus is a species of the genus from Haliastur. Elang Bondol has medium sized (45 cm), white, blond and brown. Teen Elang Bondol has characteristic with the rest of the body brownish streaks on the chest. Discolored grayish-white in the second year, and reach full adult feathers in the tail ketiga.Ujung bundar.Iris brown, beak and sera greenish gray, dull yellow feet and legs. When it an adult, his character is, the head, neck, chest are white. Wings, back, tail, and belly are light brown. Contrast with the black primary feathers. The food is almost all animals, alive or dead. In water, the food in the form of crabs, and on the mainland eating chicks, insects and small mammals.  Large nest, of twigs at the top of the tree. Egg white, a little red spots, the number of items 2-3.  Breed in the month January to August, and from May to July.

We can find Elang Bondol in India, southern China, southeast Asia, Indonesia, Australia. In Indonesia, its spread in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Papua. While in Indonesia and India, can be found in remote areas. In Kalimantan itself, Elang Bondol can met in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. The presence of abundant there Elang Bondol

Elang Bondol statue as the mascot of Jakarta

In 1989, Elang Bondol and salak Condet serve as the mascot of the Jakarta. It can be seen in the White Cempaka. There there is a standing statue, the statue "Elang Bondol brings Salak Condet. In India, regarded as a contemporary representation of Garuda, the sacred of Vishnu. In Malaysia, Pulau Langkawi after ('kawi' shows a stone-ocher used as used to decorate pottery, and lead to the primary color of feathers). A fable from the center of the island of Bougainville told a mother who left her son under the banana trees while gardening, and the baby flew into the sky, crying and turned into Kaa'nang, the Elang Bondol , And the necklace turned into feathers.