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| − | '''Alternative name Hodgson's Hawk-Eagle | + | '''Alternative name: Hodgson's Hawk-Eagle<br>Includes Legge's Hawk-Eagle.''' |
;[[: Category:Spizaetus|Spizaetus]] nipalensis | ;[[: Category:Spizaetus|Spizaetus]] nipalensis | ||
[[Image:Mountain_Hawk_Eagle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Ericsson <br/> Picture taken at Khao Yai National Park, [[Thailand]]. ]] | [[Image:Mountain_Hawk_Eagle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Ericsson <br/> Picture taken at Khao Yai National Park, [[Thailand]]. ]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Thailand]], and [[Japan]]. | [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Thailand]], and [[Japan]]. | ||
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Three subspecies are currently recognized: ''nipalensis'' which is found from the Himalayas to China and the Malay peninsula, ''orientalis'' in Japan, and ''kelaarti'' in Sri Lanka and possibly the nearest parts of India. The Sri Lanka form ''kelaarti'' was described as a full species in 1878, and recognition as a full species (Legge's Hawk-Eagle) has again been proposed in 2008. | Three subspecies are currently recognized: ''nipalensis'' which is found from the Himalayas to China and the Malay peninsula, ''orientalis'' in Japan, and ''kelaarti'' in Sri Lanka and possibly the nearest parts of India. The Sri Lanka form ''kelaarti'' was described as a full species in 1878, and recognition as a full species (Legge's Hawk-Eagle) has again been proposed in 2008. | ||
| − | It has been proposed that genus ''[[: Category:Nisaetus|Nisaetus]]'' would be better than ''Spizaetus'' for this and other [[Asia]] | + | It has been proposed that genus ''[[: Category:Nisaetus|Nisaetus]]'' would be better than ''Spizaetus'' for this and other [[Asia|Asian]] Hawk-Eagles. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forest and woodland along streams. | Forest and woodland along streams. | ||
Revision as of 04:11, 7 July 2008
Alternative name: Hodgson's Hawk-Eagle
Includes Legge's Hawk-Eagle.
- Spizaetus nipalensis
Identification
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are currently recognized: nipalensis which is found from the Himalayas to China and the Malay peninsula, orientalis in Japan, and kelaarti in Sri Lanka and possibly the nearest parts of India. The Sri Lanka form kelaarti was described as a full species in 1878, and recognition as a full species (Legge's Hawk-Eagle) has again been proposed in 2008.
It has been proposed that genus Nisaetus would be better than Spizaetus for this and other Asian Hawk-Eagles.
Habitat
Forest and woodland along streams.
Behaviour
Legge's Hawk-Eagle (the Sri Lanka form) has several adaptations to probably hunting between trees and likely eating more mammals than the Himalayan form.
References
Gjershaug et al. 2008: An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge’s Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes) Zootaxa 1792: 54–66
