Sulawesi Hawk-eagle

Taxobox
name = Sulawesi Hawk-eagle
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref= [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=20656|title=Spizaetus lanceolatus|downloaded=8 February 2007 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ]


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Nisaetus"
species = "N. lanceolatus"Helbig AJ, Kocum A, Seibold I & Braun MJ (2005) A multi-gene phylogeny of aquiline eagles (Aves: Accipitriformes) reveals extensive paraphyly at the genus level. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 35(1):147-164 [http://www.vogelwarte.uni-greifswald.de/pdf/Aquiline_Eagles.pdf PDF] ]
binomial = "Nisaetus lanceolatus"
binomial_authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
synonym = "Spizaetus lanceolatus"The Sulawesi Hawk-eagle, "Nisaetus lanceolatus", (earlier placed under "Spizaetus") also known as Celebes Hawk-eagle, is a medium-sized, approximately 64cm long, crestless brown raptor in the family Accipitridae. The adults have rufous-brown, boldly marked head and chest feathers, dark brown wings and black-barred white below. The young has white head and underparts.

An Indonesian endemic, the Sulawesi Hawk-eagle is distributed in rainforests of Sulawesi and its satellite islands of Buton, Muna, Banggai and Sula Islands. The diet consists mainly of birds, lizards, snakes and mammals.

Widespread throughout its habitat range, the Sulawesi Hawk-eagle is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

References

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3555&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=20656 IUCN Red List]