Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Changeable Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus) - HBW 2, p. 203
French: Aigle huppé
German: Haubenadler
Spanish: Aguila azor Variable
Other common names: Crested Hawk-eagle (cirrhatus); Sunda Hawk-eagle (floris)
Taxonomy: Falco cirrhatus Gmelin, 1788, India.
Races limnaeetus (incorporating andamanensis and vanheurni) and floris sometimes considered two separate species on grounds of plumage and lack of crest, but behaviour appears to be identical. Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cirrhatus (Gmelin, 1788) - India S of Rajasthan and Gangetic Plain.
- ceylanensis Gmelin, 1788 - Sri Lanka.
- andamanensis Tytler, 1865 - Andaman Is.
- cirrhatus (Gmelin, 1788) - India S of Rajasthan and Gangetic Plain.
- ceylanensis Gmelin, 1788 - Sri Lanka.
- andamanensis Tytler, 1865 - Andaman Is.
- limnaeetus Horsfield, 1821 - N India and Nepal through Burma, W & S Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas and W & SE Philippines (Palawan, Mindoro, Mindanao).
- vanheurni Junge, 1936 - Simeulue I (off W Sumatra).
- floris Hartert, 1898 - mountains of Sumbawa and Flores.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird resting on a branch Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp limnaeetus)
Stefan Behrens 2002 5 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
rear view of adult on branch, hops to adjacent branch Locality Gir Forest National Park, Junagadh District, Gujarat, India (ssp cirrhatus)
Martin Kennewell 10 December 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
An adult dark morph perched Locality Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (ssp cirrhatus)
Greg Baker 19 March 2011 44 weeks ago 24 sec 4.2 -
side view of adult on branch, hops up higher Locality Gir Forest National Park, Junagadh District, Gujarat, India (ssp cirrhatus)
Martin Kennewell 10 December 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
An perched adult, wiping its bill off a branch. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp limnaeetus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A close view of a bird on a branch. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp limnaeetus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 33 sec 4
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A bird about to drink.
Locality Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India (ssp cirrhatus)
Sharad Agrawal 29 April 2010 1 year ago 4.7 -
Dorsal view of a bird perched
Locality Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India (ssp chirratus)
vasanthan.p.j 13 October 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
An adult on a branch
Locality Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka
Arosha Abeygunasekara 27 June 2011 44 weeks ago 4.3 -
Immature Bird perched in a tree
Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
John A Thompson 24 March 2012 5 weeks ago 4.2 -
Perched in a tree
Locality Bundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
John A Thompson 26 March 2012 5 weeks ago 4 -
A juvenile
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp cirrhatus)
vasanthan.p.j 26 January 2012 16 weeks ago 4
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