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Photo by Joe Pan
Sabah, Malaysia, August 2004

Nisaetus nanus

Spizaetus nanus

Identification

46 cm

Rufescent sides of head with blackish streaks
Dark crest broadly tipped white
Three dark bands on tail
Buffish-white base to underside flight feathers
Warm buffish coverts with narrow dark barring

Distribution

South-east Asia: found from Myanmar to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.

The subspecies stresemanni is only found on the Nias island of Sumatra.

Taxonomy

It was formerly placed in the genus Spizaetus.

Subspecies

Juvenile
Photo by horukuru
Gomantong Cave, Sabah, Borneo, November 2010

Two subspecies are recognized

N. n. nanus:

Southern Myanmar and Thailand to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo

N. n. stresemanni:

Nias Island (off western Sumatra)

Habitat

Evergreen rain forests, oil palm plantations.

Behaviour

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
BirdLife International

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Wallace's Hawk-Eagle. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Wallace%27s_Hawk-Eagle

External Links

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-[[Image:Wallaces_Hawk_Eagle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Joe Pan]]
+[[Image:Wallaces_Hawk_Eagle.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Joe+Pan|Joe Pan}}<br />Sabah, [[Malaysia]], August 2004]]
 ;[[: Category:Nisaetus|Nisaetus]] nanus
 ''Spizaetus nanus''
 ==Identification==
-cm.  Rufescent sides of head with blackish streaks, dark crest broadly tipped white, three dark bands on tail. Buffish-white base-colour to underside flight feathers and warm buffish coverts with narrow dark barring.
+cm
+*Rufescent sides of head with blackish streaks
+*Dark crest broadly tipped white
+*Three dark bands on tail
+*Buffish-white base to underside flight feathers
+*Warm buffish [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] with narrow dark barring
 ==Distribution==
-[[Myanmar]] to the [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], and [[Sumatra]]. The subspecies ''stresemanni'' is only found on the [[Nias]] island of Sumatra.
+South-east [[Asia]]: found from [[Myanmar]] to the [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], and [[Sumatra]].
+The subspecies ''stresemanni'' is only found on the Nias island of Sumatra.
 ==Taxonomy==
-Two subspecies are recognized, ''nanus'' and ''stresemanni''. <br />
 It was formerly placed in the genus [[:Category:Spizaetus|Spizaetus]].
+====Subspecies====
+[[Image:DSCN0013 Wallace s Hawk Eagle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|horukuru|horukuru}}<br />Gomantong Cave, Sabah, [[Borneo]], November 2010]]
+Two subspecies are recognized
+*''N. n. nanus'':
+:*Southern [[Myanmar]] and [[Thailand]] to [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]]
+*''N. n. stresemanni'':
+:*Nias Island (off western Sumatra)
 ==Habitat==
-Evergreen forests.
+Evergreen rain forests, oil palm plantations.
 ==Behaviour==
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#BirdLife International
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Nisaetus+nanus Use ''Nisaetus nanus'' to}}
+{{GSearch|Eagle+nanus}}
-{{GSearch|Spizaetus+nanus Use ''Spizaetus nanus'' to}}
+<br />
+{{Video|Wallace's_Hawk_Eagle}}
 *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=894&Bird_Image_ID=1009&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
-[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Spizaetus]] [[Category:Nisaetus]]
+[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Spizaetus]] [[Category:Nisaetus]] [[Category:Videos]]