Rufous-bellied Eagle
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| Aquila kienerii (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I, 1835) |
Rufous-bellied Eagle (Aquila kienerii) (Earlier Hieraaetus kienerii.[1]) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the buzzards, hawks and Old World vultures.
Rufous-bellied Eagle breeds in tropical Asia. It is resident in Sri Lanka, southwest and northern India, and east to southeast Asia and Indonesia.
This species is associated with woodland. The large stick nest is built in a tree and a single egg is laid.
Rufous-bellied Eagle is a smallish eagle, 54-60 cm long. It has broad rounded wings, held flat while soaring, and a short broad tail. It eats mainly birds and small mammals.
The adult has blackish upperparts and head. The foreneck and breast are white, and the tail and flight feathers are white barred with dark. The rest of the underparts are chestnut. Sexes are similar.
The immature eagle has white in place of the adult's chestnut plumage, and dark flank patches.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lerner, H. R. L.; D. P. Mindell (2005). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (37): 327-346.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Hieraaetus kienerii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
