Rufous-bellied Eagle

Lophotriorchis kienerii (de Sparre, 1835)

≈60 cmLength799 gWeight

The adult has a black head and rufous belly, with a scarf-like white throat and breast.

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Malaysia, Thailand, India

Near Threatened

How to identify

Field marks

Adult head black, with a short crest
Adult throat and breast white, belly chestnut
Tarsus fully feathered
Juvenile tail dark with barring

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in plumage; female slightly larger, with more black on face; juvenile underparts very white, with dark patches on body sides.

Voice

A series of high-pitched “fwick, fwick” calls followed by a single thin “sweek”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Malaysia, Thailand, India

Rufous-bellied Eagle has been recorded at 352 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery CenterMalaysia296 records
Gomantong Cave & forest reserveMalaysia159 records
Mount Faber ParkSingapore115 records

More places

Kaeng Krachan NPThailand108 records
Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest LodgeMalaysia104 records
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – UrulanthanniIndia101 records
Jariel's Peak – Restaurant, Bgy. Magsaysay, InfantaPhilippines98 records
Kaeng Krachan NP – Panoen Thung (upper elevation) vicinityThailand81 records
Khao Yai NPThailand77 records
Mahananda WLS – LatpancharIndia76 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Malaysia Thailand India Philippines Singapore Indonesia Sri Lanka Bhutan

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 rufous-bellied eagle or rufous-bellied hawk-eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae that is found in the forested regions of tropical Asia. Relatively small for eagles and contrastingly patterned like a falcon, this species was earlier placed in the genus Hieraaetus and sometimes also in the genus Aquila but thought to be distinctive enough to belong to a separate genus.

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