The bird belongs to the Accipitridae family of Falconiformes order. Its scientific name is Haliaeetus albicilla (Latin), or White-tailed Sea Eagle (English).     

The bird has a full-length of about 85 to 91 centimeters. The head, neck and upper breast is light yellow brown, mixed with dark white. The rest part of the upper body is dun, and the scapular has white brim. The rectrices are white (some are brown at the basal portion). The wings are covered with brown feathers, and the remiges are black brown with brownish white feather shafts and light filemot feather brim. The larynx is fawn, and the chest and abdomen are brown. The feathers all over the body are of considerable economic value, with alae feather and rectrices used for making fans, and those under the tail for making ornament feather.

White-tailed Sea Eagle inhabits along shores and upland meadows, feeding on fish, mini-type animals, klipdas, rats, and brockets. In winter, it occasionally preys on dogs and cats, and even eats carcase slough and garbage near the fishery. It has big appetite, but also can bear hunger for even 45 successive days.

It lives in littoral, and flies to Northeast and lower reaches of the Yangtze River for propagation. In winter, it hibernates in the south of the Yangtze River.

White-tailed Sea Eagle has been listed in Appendix I of International Trade Convention on Endangered Wild Animal and Plant Species.