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Nisaetus
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Changeable Hawk-Eagle
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
- Genus: Nisaetus
Changeable hawk-eagle
or crested hawk-eagle, marsh hawk-eagle or Indian crested hawk-eagle
(Diều đầu nâu, Nisaetus cirrhatus)The changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) or crested hawk-eagle is a large bird of prey species of the family Accipitridae.
"Changeable" is from a wide variation of plummage: from pale to dark, varying on molt and age change.
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle".
The specific epithet cirrhatus is from Latin cirratus meaning "curly-headed". -
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
- Genus: Nisaetus
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
or Hodgson's hawk-eagle
(Diều núi, Nisaetus nipalensis)
The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia.
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle". -
Nisaetus
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Nisaetus (Crested hawk-eagles group) is a genus of subfamily Aquilinae found mainly in tropical Asia,
earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus.Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle".1/ Changeable hawk-eagle (Diều đầu nâu, Nisaetus cirrhatus) or crested hawk-eagle, marsh hawk-eagle or Indian crested hawk-eagle
2/ Mountain hawk-eagle (Diều núi, Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle