Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus kelaarti

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedVertebratesForestPlatform nestHuge · 3.4 kg

When to see the Legge's Hawk-Eagle

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Legge's hawk-eagle is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. It breeds in the Indian subcontinent, from southern India to Sri Lanka. Its specific name kelaarti honors the physician-zoologist E.F. Kelaart. The English common name honours William Vincent Legge, who described the species in 1878.

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