Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle

Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle
juvenile
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Nisaetus
Species:	N. lanceolatus[2]
Binomial name
Nisaetus lanceolatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Synonyms
Spizaetus lanceolatus

The Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus lanceolatus (earlier placed under Spizaetus^[2]), also known as Celebes Hawk-eagle, is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm 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

1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Spizaetus lanceolatus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 8 February 2007. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
2. ^ ^{a b} 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 PDF

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet
• IUCN Red List