- Spizaetus cirrhatus
Identification
Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus) Also known as Crested Hawk Eagle
Distribution
Southern Asia: occurs in India, Sri Lanka and the Andamans and Nepal east to Vietnam and south to the Malay Peninsula. Also occurs in the southern Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sumbawa and Flores. Resident.
Taxonomy
Six subspecies are recognised: cirrhatus in India, ceylanensis in Sri Lanka, limnaeetus from north-east India to the Philippines, Borneo and Java, andamanensis in the Andaman Islands, vanheurni on Simalur and floris on Flores and Sumbawa.
Habitat
Forest and open woodland from sea-level up to 3,300m, hunting over forest edge and clearings.