5-477: Nisaetus alboniger (Blyth, 1845) Nisaetus bartelsi Stresemann, 1924 Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, 1788) Nisaetus floris (E. Hartert, 1898) Nisaetus kelaarti (Legge, 1878) Nisaetus lanceolatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 Nisaetus nanus Wallace, 1868 Nisaetus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) Nisaetus philippensis Gould, 1863 Nisaetus pinskeri Preleuthner and Gamauf, 1998 Nisaetus ,
10-479: 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 50–60 cm (20–24 in) in length. The 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
15-478: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nisaetus alboniger Spizaetus alboniger Blyth's hawk-eagle ( Nisaetus alboniger ) (earlier treated as Spizaetus ) is a medium-sized bird of prey . Like all eagles , it is in the family Accipitridae . It can be found in the Malay Peninsula , Singapore , Sumatra and Borneo . It is a bird of open woodland , although island forms prefer
20-660: The crested hawk-eagles , is a genus of raptor in the subfamily Aquilinae, found mainly in tropical Asia . They were earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus but molecular studies show that the Old World representatives of that genus are closer to the genus Ictinaetus than to the New World Spizaetus ( in the stricter sense ). They are slender-bodied, medium-sized hawk-eagles with rounded wings, long feathered legs, barred wings, crests and usually adapted to forest habitats. These Old World species were formerly placed in
25-673: The genus Spizaetus . They were moved to the resurrected genus Nisaetus based on the results of molecular genetic studies published in 2005 and 2007. The genus Nisaetus had been introduced in 1836 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the mountain hawk-eagle as the type species . The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle". The genus contains ten species. This Accipitriformes article
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