Cassin's Hawk-Eagle (Aquila africana) [XC822897]
by id from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (uncertain)
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle (Aquila africana) [XC45571]
by Deville Tanguy from Kakum National Park, Ghana (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 only African member of the genus (as presently defined); previously placed in Hieraaetus, or more often in its own genus Cassinaetus.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet