Summary ³

The Flores hawk-eagle (Nisaetus floris, formerly Spizaetus floris), is a 75–79 centimetres (30–31 in) long raptor in the family Accipitridae. Adults have dark brown upperparts, a brown tail with six bars, a white patch in the wings that is visible in flight, white underparts, and a white head with fine brownish streaks on the crown (many books erroneously illustrate adults with largely brown heads). It has traditionally been treated as a subspecies of the changeable hawk-eagl

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Yovie Jehabut, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yovie Jehabut
2. (c) Nejib Ahmed, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Changeable_hawk_Eagle.jpg
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisaetus_floris

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

iNat Map