Blyth's hawk-eagle
| Blyth's hawk-eagle | |
|---|---|
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| At Jurong Bird Park, Singapore | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Nisaetus |
| Species: | N. alboniger |
| Binomial name | |
| Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spizaetus alboniger | |
The Blyth's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus alboniger) (earlier treated as Spizaetus[2]) is a medium-sized bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.
It can be found in the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.[3] It is a bird of open woodland, although island forms prefer a higher tree density. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays a single egg.
It is a fairly small eagle at about 51–58 cm in length. Adult has a thick white band on uppertail and undertail, all black above, black spotted breast, barred below. It has a prominent crest like the bazas. Juvenile is dark brown above, and has a light brown head and underparts.
The common name commemorates Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Nisaetus alboniger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Helbig AJ, Kocum A, Seibold I & Braun MJ (2005) A multi-gene phylogeny of aquiline eagles (Aves: Accipitriformes) reveals extensive paraphyly at the genus level. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 35(1):147-164 PDF
- ↑ "Blyth's Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus alboniger)". IBC. Retrieved 17 January 2016.