Crested Hawk-Eagle [cirrhatus]
Nisaetus cirrhatus [cirrhatus] (= Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Gmelin, JF 1788)
The changeable hawk-eagle or crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) is a large bird of prey species of the family Accipitridae. More informal or antiquated English common names include the marsh hawk-eagle or Indian crested hawk-eagle. It is a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, with signature feathers, absent in tropical raptors from outside this subfamily, covering the tarsus. It was formerly placed in the genus Spizaetus, but studies pointed to the group being paraphyletic resulting in the Old World members being placed in Nisaetus and separated from the New World species. It is a typical “hawk-eagle” in that it is an agile forest-dwelling predator and like many such eagles readily varies its prey selection between birds, mammals or reptiles as well as other vertebrates. Among the members of its genus, the changeable hawk-eagle stands out as the most widely distributed, adaptable and abundant species. Birds show a wide range of variation in plumage from pale to dark, varying with moult and age giving rise to the name "changeable". Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Nisaetus
Scientific:
Nisaetus cirrhatus
Original description
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1788)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Falco cirrhatus
Type locality:
India.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/286/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
89780309DF11DA57
Avibase ID:
avibase-89780309
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/89780309
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824868
Geographic range:
- Nisaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus: peninsular India
- Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis: Sri Lanka
- Nisaetus cirrhatus andamanensis: Andaman Islands
Crested Hawk-Eagle [cirrhatus]
French:
Aigle huppé [cirrhatus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crested Hawk-Eagle [cirrhatus] ( Nisaetus cirrhatus [cirrhatus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Crested Hawk-Eagle [cirrhatus] ( Nisaetus cirrhatus [cirrhatus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Crested Hawk-Eagle ( Spizaetus cirrhatus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Nisaetus cirrhatus
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: ঝুটিয়ার চকমযিইগর , ঝুটিয়াল শিকরেঈগল
Bengali (transliteration): jhuṭiẏāla śikarē'īgala
Catalan: Àguila variable
Czech: orel proměnlivý
Danish: Lysbuget Høgeørn
German: Haubenadler
English: Changeable Hawk Eagle, Changeable Hawk-eagle, Crested hawk eagle, Crested Hawk-eagle, Crested Hawk-Eagle [cirrhatus], Flores Hawk Eagle
Spanish: Águila Azor Variable
Estonian: välu-tuttkotkas
Finnish: jalokotka
French: Aigle huppé, Aigle huppé [cirrhatus]
Hungarian: főkötős vitézsas
Indonesian: Burung Elang Brontok, Elang brontok
Italian: Spizaeto variabile
Japanese (romaji): kawari kuma-taka, kawarikumataka
Japanese: カワリクマタカ
Japanese (Kanji): 変り熊鷹
Scientific: Falco cirrhatus, Falco Limnaeetus, Falco Limnaëetus, Limnaetus limnaëtus floris, Lymnaetus horsfieldii, Nisaetus cirrhatus, Nisaetus cirrhatus [cirrhatus], Nisaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus, Nisaetus floris, Nisaetus limnaeetus, Nisaetus limnaeetus limnaeetus, Spizaetus cirrhatus, Spizaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus, Spizaetus floris
Lithuanian: Kuoduotasis peslinis erelis
Malayalam: കിന്നരിപ്പരുന്ത്
Malay: Burung Helang Hindik, Burung Lang Hindek, Burung Lang Hindik, Helang Hindek
Nepali: शदलचील
Dutch: Indische Kuifarend
Norwegian: Vekselskogørn
Polish: wojownik indyjski
Pinyin: fèng-tóu yīng-diāo
Portuguese: Gavião-variável
Russian: Изменчивый орёл, Изменчивый хохлатый орёл
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Perali Kondakussa
Slovak: orlovec viactvarý, orol viactvarý
Swedish: Indisk tofsörn
Tamil: Kudumi Parundhu
Thai: เหยี่ยวต่างสี
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw tàaŋ-sĭi
Tatar: бүрекле каракош
Ukrainian: Орел-чубань індійський
Vietnamese: Chim Diều đầu nâu, Chim Diều hoa, Diều đầu nâu
Chinese: 凤头鹰, 凤头鹰雕
Chinese (Traditional): 鳳頭鷹鵰
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