Nisaetus alboniger

(Blyth, 1845)

Vernacular names
English : Blyth’s hawk-eagle
French : Aigle de Blyth

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Accipitriformes
Family : Accipitridae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species grows to 58 cm for a weight of 830 g. Long black crest on nape. Wings dark brown. Neck and face black, yellow eyes, white throat. White breast with vertical lines of black spots. Belly with narrow black and white horizontal stripes.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in Southeast Asia, from south Thailand and Malaysia to Sumatra, Simeulue, Nias, Belitung and Mentawai Is. Also north and central Borneo. Lives in primary mountain evergreen forests, from 500 to 2000 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species is globally uncommon and is likely in overall decline because of long term deforestation in all of its range.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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