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ForestPlatform nestLarge · 1.5 kg
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Adults have dark brown upperparts, a brown tail with six bars, a white patch in the wings that is visible in flight, white underparts, and a white head with fine brownish streaks on the crown (many books erroneously illustrate adults with largely brown heads). Furthermore, they have sparse light dark markings about the thighs. The white patches at the upperside of the primaries are a species diagnostic. Furthermore, the tail has 6, not 4–5, bars.
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When to see the Flores Hawk-Eagle
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Flores Hawk-Eagle
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Flores Hawk-Eagle
The Flores hawk-eagle is a large raptor in the family Accipitridae. It is an endemic species to the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. A member of the genus Nisaetus, it was considered as a subspecies of and conspecific with the changeable hawk-eagle but genetic studies have evidenced it as a legitimate species. A forest dwelling predator, this species is classified as endangered due to habitat loss and persecution.
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Easily confused with
Pinsker's Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeriPinsker's hawk-eagle, south Philippine hawk-eagle or Mindanao hawk-eagle, is an endangered species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Javan Hawk-EagleNisaetus bartelsiThe hawk-eagle is approximately 60 cm (24 in) long.
Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensisThe Philippine hawk-eagle or north Philippine hawk-eagle, earlier treated under Spizaetus, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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