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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
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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Easily confused with
Sulawesi Hawk-EagleNisaetus lanceolatusThe Sulawesi hawk-eagle, also known as Celebes hawk-eagle, is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm (25 in) long, crestless brown raptor in the family Accipitridae.
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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