Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii)

Other Scientific Names
Hieraaetus kienerii [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Rufous-bellied Eagle, Chestnut-bellied Hawk-Eagle, Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
45 - 61 cm
Wingspan: 102 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1835)

Habitat
Primary and secondary forests, plantations From sea-level - 1,000 m. Favours forest edges and clearings.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Philippines (B), Sri Lanka (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Vagrant to Singapore.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Small birds, mammals.

Voice
A loud, plaintive, low-pitched 'klee klee klee klee yii', the last note rather weak and breathless.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) [XC402312]
by Viral joshi from Kannan Devan Hills, Idukki, Kerala, India (call)

Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) [XC481009]
by Paul Noakes from Kodaikanal, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India (flight call)

Subspecies
Spizaetus nanus, Spizaetus lanceolatus, Spizaetus philippensis, Spizaetus pinskeri, Spizaetus nipalensis, Spizaetus alboniger and Spizaetus bartelsi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) and Spizaetus cirrhatus and Spizaetus floris (Gjershaug et al. 2004) have been transferred into the genus Nisaetus following Haring et al. (2006). Spizaetus africanus and Hieraaetus fasciatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have both been transferred into Aquila, also following Haring et al. (2006); and Hieraaetus kienerii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been transferred into the resurrected genus Lophotriorchis.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

kienerii (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1835) - North-eastern India and Nepal; south-western India (western Ghats) and Sri Lanka.
formosus (Stresemann, 1924) - Burma and Hainan through west, southern and east-central Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas, Bali, Philippines and Sulawesi.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) - 10 files

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