Booted Eagle Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Hieraaetus pennatus
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Booted Hawk Eagle
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Booted Eagle is a medium-sized raptor with narrow wings, long tail and pale shoulder patches (adult bird length approximately 52 cm, wing 39 cm, bill 3.2 cm, tarsus 6.2 cm, tail 19 cm). The female is a little bigger than the male. It has two colour phases. In the light phase, it looks pale buffy to umber-brown from above and creamy-white from below. In the dark phase it has pale wing-coverts. It looks dark brown from below. It preys on squirrels, rats, larks, pipits, barbets, partridges, bulbuls, and pigeons.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gyps himalayensis
(Himalayan Griffon) -
Circus spilonotus
(Eastern Marsh Harrier) -
Aviceda leuphotes
(Black Baza) -
Haliastur indus
(Brahminy Kite) -
Circus macrourus
(Pallid Harrier) -
Milvus migrans
(Black Kite) -
Circus pygargus
(Montagu's Harrier) -
Accipiter gentilis
(Northern Goshawk) -
Aegypius monachus
(Cinereous Vulture) -
Accipiter gularis
(Japanese Sparrowhawk)
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
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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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:Misbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;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:Misbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.