Changeable Hawk Eagle Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Nisaetus cirrhatus
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Crested Hawk-Eagle
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Crested Hawk-Eagle is a medium-sized raptor with broad wings and long tail (adult bird length approximately 70 cm, wing 42 cm, bill 4 cm, tarsus 10.2 cm, tail 25.3 cm). It has two colour phases. In the more common pale phase it has brown upperparts, a boldly streaked breast and belly. In the rarer dark phase it is dark chocolate-brown to black. It feeds on medium sized jungle birds, squirrels, hares and field rats. It breeds in January-April.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Neophron percnopterus
(Egyptian Vulture) -
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
(Pallas's Fish Eagle) -
Aquila rapax
(Tawny Eagle) -
Butastur teesa
(White‑eyed Buzzard) -
Haliaeetus albicilla
(White-tailed Eagle) -
Gyps fulvus
((Eurasian) Griffon Vulture) -
Aviceda jerdoni
(Jerdon's Baza) -
Accipiter nisus
(Eurasian Sparrowhawk) -
Accipiter trivirgatus
(Crested Goshawk) -
Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
(Grey‑headed Fish Eagle)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Omar Shahadat (Department of Zoology,Jagannath University,Dhaka);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Okamoto Keita Sin(www.xeno-canto.org/Okamoto Keita Sin), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Omar Shahadat (Department of Zoology,Jagannath University,Dhaka);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Okamoto Keita Sin(www.xeno-canto.org/Okamoto Keita Sin), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.