Blyth's hawk-eagle

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.

Blyth's hawk-eagle
At Jurong Bird Park, Singapore

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Nisaetus
Species:
N. alboniger
Binomial name
Nisaetus alboniger
Blyth, 1845
Synonyms

Spizaetus alboniger

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 50–60 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.

Blythe's hawk-eagle in Peninsular Malaysia

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Nisaetus alboniger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 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" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 147–164. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.003. PMID 15737588.
  3. "Blyth's Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus alboniger)". IBC. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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