Profile
In flight
Birds of Prey
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus cirrhatus
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
A forest eagle of many faces, switching between pale and dark morphs as if the same bird were two species. Its long crest rises like a question mark above the canopy.
- Population
- widespread but uncommon across South and Southeast Asia
- Habitat
- lowland and foothill forest, plantations, wooded country
- Diet
- birds, small mammals, lizards, snakes
- Size
- 0.72 m
- Wingspan
- 1.5 m
