Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)

Other Names (World)
Black Eagle, Asian Black Eagle, Indian Black Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
69 - 81 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1822)

Habitat
Evergreen montane forest. From 300 - 2,700 m, ocasionally to 4,000 m.

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), Pakistan (B), Sri Lanka (B), Taiwan (China) (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mammals, birds, birds eggs.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) [XC539063]
by Jairam Vijayan from Pinglin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (call)

Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) [XC509708]
by LIN Wen-Horn from Wuling Farm, Sheipa National Park, Taiwan (call)

Nest
Large platform of sticks in a tall tre.

Eggs (Guide)
1 or 2; white with brown amd mauve blotches.

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

malaiensis (Temminck, 1822) - Burma, southern China and Taiwan, into the Malay Peninsula.
perniger (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayan foothills west through Nepal into north-eastern Murree, forests of the eastern and western Ghats in peninsular India and Sri Lanka, extending to the Aravalli range of north-western India.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) - 10 files

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