Friday, March 2, 2012

>>Genus Nisaetus

Genus Nisaetus
Nisaetus
Sri Lanka Crested Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:Accipitridae
Subfamily:Buteoninae
Genus:Nisaetus
Hodgson, 1836
Species
Nisaetus alboniger (Blyth, 1845)
Nisaetus bartelsi Stresemann, 1924
Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, 1788)
Nisaetus floris (E. Hartert, 1898)
Nisaetus kelaarti.
Nisaetus lanceolatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Nisaetus nanus Wallace, 1868
Nisaetus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
Nisaetus philippensis Gould, 1863Nisaetus pinskeri Preleuthner and Gamauf, 1998
Nisaetus is a genus of eagles found mainly in tropical Asia. They were earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus but molecular studies show that the Old World representatives were closer to the genus Ictinaetus than to the New World Spizaetus (in the stricter sense). They are slender bodied, medium sized hawk-eagles with rounded wings, long feathered legs, barred wings, crests and usually adapted to forest habitats.

Species

  • Blyth's Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus alboniger (Blyth, 1845)
  • Javan Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus bartelsi Stresemann, 1924
  • Crested Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, 1788)
  • Flores Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus floris (E. Hartert, 1898)
  • Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus lanceolatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
  • Wallace's Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus nanus Wallace, 1868
  • Mountain Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
  • Philippine Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus philippensis Gould, 1863
  • Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus pinskeri Preleuthner and Gamauf, 1998

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