Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Wallace's Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus nanus) - HBW 2, p. 204
French: Aigle de Wallace
German: Dschungeladler
Spanish: Aguila azor de Wallace
Other common names: Small Hawk-eagle
Taxonomy: Spizaetus nanus Wallace, 1868, Sarawak.
Long considered synonymous with S. alboniger, due to confusion with immature plumages of latter. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nanus Wallace, 1868 - S Burma (Tennaserrim) and S Thailand through Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo.
- stresemanni Amadon, 1953 - Nias I (off W Sumatra).
- Vulnerable
- No sound recordings available yet
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