Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus kelaarti(Legge, WV, 1878)
English (US) Legge's Hawk-Eagle
The Legge's Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus kelaarti) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: southwestern India (Western Ghats) and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nisaetus kelaarti
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle
- Described by
- (Legge, WV, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Spizaetus kelaarti
- Described by
- (Legge, WV, 1878)
- Type locality
- Ceylon.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.2, no.6 p.202
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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