Legge’s Hawk-Eagle feeding on prey captured in my backyard.
🛑This bird is considered as a Nearly Threatened species and they will be listed as Vulnerable soon
Also known as :- Beautiful Crested Eagle/ Ceylon Mountain Hawk Eagle
Scientific Name - Nisaetus kelaarti
Legge’s hawk-eagle (Nisaetus kelaarti) is a bird of prey. It breeds in the Indian subcontinent, from southern India to Sri Lanka.
They live in primary evergreen forest and forest patches. There are an estimated 2,000 individuals.
Male Legge’s hawk-eagles are about 70 cm while females about 76 cm in length and weighs about 3kg
Fun Facts
⭐ Its specific name kelaarti honors the physician-zoologist E.F. Kelaart.
⭐ Feeds on small mamals and is sometimes known to pursue prey heavier than itself incuding Indian peafowls (4kg)
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5 months ago 00:01:05 1
Хохлатый змееяд
6 months ago 00:00:58 1
Чайковый пегий канюк
6 months ago 00:17:35 3
В мире животных Горного Алтая. Сайлюгемский национальный парк. @Фильм Ивана Усанова (Дикая Сибирь)
6 months ago 00:04:46 4
Хохлатый орёл уоллеса и птицы-носороги охотятсяна летучих мышей/How an Eagle Lures a Fruit-eater into Bat Hunting
8 months ago 00:04:23 3
Орел Верро(Кафрский орел)–дневная хищная птица
8 months ago 00:01:00 4
Кинабалусский хохлатый змееяд/Yeah .. Mountain Serpent-Eagle flying infront of us .. 山蛇雕 在我们面前飞呀。