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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[1]:

  • N. n. nanus:
  • N. n. stresemanni:
  • Nias Island (off western Sumatra)

Habitat

Evergreen rain forests, oil palm plantations.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdLife International

Recommended Citation

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