OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Nisaetus ("hawk-eagle") alboniger ("white black")
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 830g / Length: 51-58cm / Wingspan: 56-70cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A distinctive black and white raptor of the lower reaches of mountainous rainforest, this species is in many ways little known due to it's rainforest habitat - it's diet includes lizards and bats, but possibly more, it's population size is unknown but has a large enough range that it is not currently believed to be in danger. However, it is tolerant of some human activity - as demonstrated by the fact I saw it at Genting. It is named after the English Zoologist Edward Blyth - a man who was the curator of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal and a correspondent of Darwin who first described this species to Western Science.
Related Species:
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Nisaetus
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
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Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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