Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Jerdon's Baza (Aviceda jerdoni) - HBW 2, p. 107

French: Baza de Jerdon German: Hinduweih Spanish: Baza Oriental
Other common names: Blyth's/Legge's/Crested Baza, Brown/Crested Lizard Hawk

Taxonomy: Pernis Jerdoni Blyth, 1842, no locality = Bengal.
Probably forms superspecies with A. cuculoides, A. madagascariensis and A. subcristata; all four sometimes considered conspecific. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

ceylonensis (Legge, 1876) - SW India and Sri Lanka.
jerdoni (Blyth, 1842) - NE India through Burma, S China (SW Yunnan, Hainan), Thailand and parts of Indochina to N Malay Peninsula; some movement S for winter.
borneensis (Brüggemann, 1876) - Borneo.

See all 5 subspecies

ceylonensis (Legge, 1876) - SW India and Sri Lanka.
jerdoni (Blyth, 1842) - NE India through Burma, S China (SW Yunnan, Hainan), Thailand and parts of Indochina to N Malay Peninsula; some movement S for winter.
borneensis (Brüggemann, 1876) - Borneo.
magnirostris (Kaup, 1847) - Philippines.
celebensis (Schlegel, 1873) - Sulawesi, Banggai Is and Sula Is.