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 6 years ago 38 sec 4.7 -
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 3 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
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 3 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
An immature calling on a branch. Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (ssp ceylanensis)
herve jacob 23 November 2012 8 weeks ago 43 sec 4.3 -
An adult dark morph perched Locality Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (ssp cirrhatus)
Greg Baker 19 March 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
juvenile sitting in a tree Locality Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India
Keith and Lynn Youngs 22 November 2012 22 weeks ago 33 sec 4.2
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A bird about to drink.
Locality Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India (ssp cirrhatus)
Sharad Agrawal 29 April 2010 2 years ago 4.7 -
With a captured lizard.
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (ssp ceylanensis)
Fran Trabalon 7 January 2012 28 weeks ago 4.5 -
Dorsal view of a bird perched
Locality Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India (ssp chirratus)
vasanthan.p.j 13 October 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
An adult on a branch
Locality Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka (ssp ceylanensis)
Arosha Abeygunasekara 27 June 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Perched in a tree beside the road out of town
Locality Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India
Lee Hunter 10 December 2011 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
A juvenile
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp cirrhatus)
vasanthan.p.j 26 January 2012 1 year ago 4.1
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Calls by two juvenile birds. Locality Bukit Batok Nature Reserve, Singapore
(ssp limnaeetus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2009 17 weeks ago 3
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