Friday, March 2, 2012

>Nisaetus alboniger (Blyth's Hawk-Eagle)

Blyth's Hawk-Eagle


Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
At Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Conservation status
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
The Blyth's Hawk-EagleNisaetus alboniger (earlier treated as Spizaetus) is a medium-sizedbird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.
It breeds in Peninsula MalaysiaSingaporeSumatraBorneo. 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.

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