Mountain Hawk-Eagle

How to identify

Field marks

1. Breast, belly and rear part of wings have conspicuous black-and-white or rufous-and-white stripes
2. Wings broad, held in a V in flight
3. Crest often long and raised, but sometimes very short
4. Upperparts rufous; underparts whitish with stripes

Male, female and young

Immature usually has a white head; female averages 3%–8% larger than male.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February, April and November–December · Most records: Thailand, China, India

Mountain Hawk-Eagle has been recorded at 322 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 9 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. SattalIndia223 records
2. PangotIndia221 records
3. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San JuThailand182 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandChinaIndiaBhutanNepalVietnamCambodiaMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle.

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