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Alternative name Crested Hawk-Eagle. Includes Flores Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus cirrhatus
Photo by Andrew S

Identification

Distribution

Southern Asia: occurs in India, Sri Lanka and the Andamans and Nepal east to Vietnam and south to the Malay Peninsula. Also occurs in the southern Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sumbawa, and Flores. Resident.

Taxonomy

Six subspecies are recognised: cirrhatus in India, ceylanensis in Sri Lanka, limnaeetus from north-east India to the Philippines, Borneo, and Java, andamanensis in the Andaman Islands, vanheurni on Simalur, and floris on Flores and Sumbawa. Some authorities view subspecies floris as a full species Flores Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus floris)

Habitat

Forest and open woodland from sea-level up to 3,300m, hunting over forest edge and clearings.

Behaviour

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