Mountain Hawk-eagle Nisaetus / Spizaetus nipalensis

Mountain Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
(aka Spizaetus nipalensis)

Deothang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
April 2008

The Mountain Hawk-eagle is distributed from the Himalayas to south and east China and southwards to the north of Indochina and the Malaysian Peninsula with disjunct populations in the Western Ghats of south-west India and Japan.

It is found in forest in mountainous areas at between 600 and 4,000 metres where it feeds on mammals as large as hares and birds as large as pheasants.

It is a large hawk-eagle with a long crest and even barring on the tail. Photo 5 shows a juvenile.

There is additional information available via Avibase.

Hawk-Eagle, Deothang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan, April 2008 - click for larger image

Juvenile Mountain Hawk-Eagle, Deothang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan, April 2008 - click for larger image

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