Philippine Hawk-eagle

Taxobox
name = Philippine Hawk-eagle


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [ BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20660/all Spizaetus philippensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Nisaetus"
species = "N. philippensis"
binomial = "Nisaetus philippensis"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1863
synonyms = "Spizaetus philippensis"The Philippine Hawk-eagle, Aigle Des Philippines, or Aguila-azor Filipina ("Nisaetus philippensis" earlier treated under "Spizaetus" [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] ] ) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. The subspecies "pinskeri" may be a candidate for raising to full species. [cite journal|author=Gamauf A, Gjershaug JO, Rov N, Kvaly K and Haring E|year=2005|title=Species or subspecies? The dilemma of taxonomic ranking of some South-East Asian hawk-eagles (genus Spizaetus)|journal=Bird Conservation International|volume=15|pages=99-117|doi=10.1017/S0959270905000080 ] [cite journal|journal=Forktail|volume=14|year=1998|pages=1-11|title=Distribution and field identificationof Philippine birds of prey: 1. Philippine Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) and Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)|author=Gamauf A, Preleuthner M & W. Pinsker|url=http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/14pdfs/Gamauf-Philippines.pdf|format=PDF] [cite journal|url=http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/Content.Node/forschung/1zoo/vogelsammlung/mitarbeiter/preleuthner_and_gamauf_1998_jrr.pdf|format=PDF|journal=J.Raptor Res.|volume=32|issue=2|pages=126-135|year=1998|author=Preleuthner, M. and Gamauf, A.|title=A possible new subspecies of the Philippine Hawk-eagle ("Spizaetus philippensis") and its future prospects.] It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3556&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]