Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle | |
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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
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The Blyth's Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus alboniger (earlier treated as Spizaetus) is a medium-sizedbird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.
It breeds in Peninsula Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo. 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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