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[[Image:Rufous-bellied_Eagle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult<br />Photo by {{user|Joe_Pan|Joe Pan}}<br />Location: Kinabatangan District, [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]]] | [[Image:Rufous-bellied_Eagle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult<br />Photo by {{user|Joe_Pan|Joe Pan}}<br />Location: Kinabatangan District, [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]]] | ||
;[[: Category:Hieraaetus|Hieraaetus]] kienerii | ;[[: Category:Hieraaetus|Hieraaetus]] kienerii | ||
| − | ''Lophotriorchis kienerii'' | + | ''Lophotriorchis kienerii''<br /> |
''Aquila kienerii'' | ''Aquila kienerii'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 22 December 2009
- Hieraaetus kienerii
Lophotriorchis kienerii
Aquila kienerii
Identification
54-60 cm. Broad rounded wings, short broad tail. It eats mainly birds and small mammals. Blackish upperparts and head, white foreneck and breast are white, tail and flight feathers are white barred with dark. The rest of the underparts are chestnut. Sexes are similar. The immature eagle has white in place of the adult's chestnut plumage, and dark flank patches.
Distribution
Western India and Sri Lanka and from the Himalayas east to Vietnam and Hainan and south to the Malay Peninsula. Also found on the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra and Java.
Taxonomy
Aquila vs. Hieraaetus
Hieraaetus species are sometimes placed in a broader defined Aquila (e.g. Clements, 2005). Sibley & Monroe (1996) and Howard & Moore (2003) retain the placement in Hieraaetus, and the Opus awaits further clarification.
Subspecies
Two races are recognised: formosus in the southern Himalayas, India and Sri Lanka and nominate in remainder of range.
Habitat
Forest from sea-level up to 1,000m.
Behaviour
It builds a large nest of sticks in a tree and 1 egg is laid.
The diet includes birds and small mammals.
