64 CMS.,MEDIUM-SIZED BIRD OF PREY THAT IS PRIMARILY GREY-BROWN IN COLOUR WITH BROAD BLUNT WINGS AND COARSE FEATHERLESS LEGS.THEY ARE SMALLER THAN THE SIMILAR GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE AND MAY OFTEN GET CONFUSED WITH SIMILAR SPECIES.THE LESSER FISH EAGLE HAS A BROWN BREAST WITH WHITE THIGHS AND BELLY.THEY HAVE A SHORT ROUNDED TAIL WITH A LONG NECK AND A SMALL HEAD.ADULTS HAVE YELLOW EYES AND JUVENILES HAVE BROWN EYES.FEEDS PRIMARILY ON FISH WHICH IT SNATCHES FROM WATER AS IT OBSERVES THEM FROM ABOVE ON A PERCH,WHICH MAY BE AN OVERHANGING TREE OR A ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREAM.THEY HAVE SEVERAL PERSONAL PERCHES THAT THEY OFTEN SWITCH BETWEEN THROUGHOUT THEIR FEEDING TIME.THEY INHABIT VARIOUS FORMS OF RIVERS,LAKES AND WETLANDS AND ARE SEEN MOST OFTEN ALONG HILL STREAMS AND FAST MOVING WATERS.