Philippine Hawk-Eagle

Philippine Hawk-Eagle
Philippine Hawk-Eagle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Nisaetus
Species: N. philippensis
Binomial name
Nisaetus philippensis
Gould, 1863
Synonyms

Spizaetus philippensis

The Philippine Hawk-Eagle, known in French as aigle des Philippines and in Spanish as aguila-azor Filipina (Nisaetus philippensis earlier treated under Spizaetus[2]) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. Many taxonmists consider the Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle, a former subspecies, raised to full species status.[3][4][5] It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Spizaetus philippensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Gamauf A, Gjershaug JO, Rov N, Kvaly K and Haring E (2005). "Species or subspecies? The dilemma of taxonomic ranking of some South-East Asian hawk-eagles (genus Spizaetus)". Bird Conservation International 15: 99–117. doi:10.1017/S0959270905000080. 
  4. ^ Gamauf A, Preleuthner M & W. Pinsker (1998). "Distribution and field identification of Philippine birds of prey: 1. Philippine Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) and Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)" (PDF). Forktail 14: 1–11. http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/14pdfs/Gamauf-Philippines.pdf. 
  5. ^ Preleuthner, M. and Gamauf, A. (1998). "A possible new subspecies of the Philippine Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) and its future prospects." (PDF). J. Raptor Res. 32 (2): 126–135. http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/Content.Node/forschung/1zoo/vogelsammlung/mitarbeiter/preleuthner_and_gamauf_1998_jrr.pdf. 

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