Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Rufous-bellied Eagle (Hieraaetus kienerii)
French: Aigle à ventre roux
German: Rotbauchadler
Spanish: Aguila azor Ventrirroja
Other common names: . Chestnut bellied/Rufous bellied Hawk eagle
Taxonomy: Astur Kienerii Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1835, Himalayas.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kienerii (Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1835) - NE India and Nepal; SW India (W Ghats) and Sri Lanka.
- formosus Stresemann, 1924 - Burma and Hainan through W, S & EC Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas, Bali, Philippines and Sulawesi.
- Least Concern
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An adult perched on a branch with its catch, some Large-billed Crows attacking it, and finally it losing the catch Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (ssp kienerii)
Anna Motis 17 April 2003 6 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
An individual attacked by Large-billed Crows to steal its catch Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (ssp kienerii)
Anna Motis 17 April 2003 6 years ago 26 sec 3.6 -
An adult perched on a branch Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (ssp kienerii)
Anna Motis 17 April 2003 6 years ago 27 sec 2.2 -
An adult in flight and perching in a tree. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp kienerii)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 5 weeks ago 22 sec 1.7
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A bird in flight Goa, India
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 17 February 2008 49 weeks ago 3.5
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