Blyth's hawk-eagle
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| File:Nisaetus alboniger -Jurong Bird Park, Singapore-6a.jpg | |
| At Jurong Bird Park, Singapore | |
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N. alboniger
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| Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845
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Spizaetus alboniger |
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The Blyth's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus alboniger) (earlier treated as Spizaetus[2]) is a medium-sized bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.
It breeds in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo. It is a bird of open woodland, although island forms prefer a higher tree density. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays a single egg.
It is a fairly small eagle at about 51–58 cm in length. Adult has a thick white band on uppertail and undertail, all black above, black spotted breast, barred below. It has a prominent crest like the bazas. Juvenile is dark brown above, and has a light brown head and underparts.
The common name commemorates Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
