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Nisaetus

  • Changeable Hawk-Eagle

    Changeable hawk-eagle 
    or crested hawk-eagle, marsh hawk-eagle or Indian crested hawk-eagle
    (Diều đầu nâu, Nisaetus cirrhatus) 

    The changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) or crested hawk-eagle is a large bird of prey species of the family Accipitridae. 

    "Changeable" is from a wide variation of plummage: from pale to dark, varying on molt and age change.

    Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
    The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle".
    The specific epithet cirrhatus is from Latin cirratus meaning "curly-headed".

  • Mountain Hawk-Eagle

    Mountain Hawk-Eagle 
     or Hodgson's hawk-eagle
    (Diều núi, Nisaetus nipalensis)


    The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia.


    Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
    The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle".

  • Nisaetus

    Nisaetus (Crested hawk-eagles group) is a genus of subfamily Aquilinae found mainly in tropical Asia,
    earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus.

    Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
    The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle".

    1/ Changeable hawk-eagle (Diều đầu nâu, Nisaetus cirrhatus) or crested hawk-eagle, marsh hawk-eagle or Indian crested hawk-eagle

    2/ Mountain hawk-eagle (Diều núi, Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle

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