Javan Hawk Eagle
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The Javan Hawk Eagle, Spizaetus bartelsi is a medium-sized, up to 61cm long, dark brown raptor in the family Accipitridae. It has a long crest, rufous head and neck, and heavily barred black below. The crest is black with white tip. Both sexes are similar. The young is duller and has unmarked underparts.
An Indonesian endemic, the Javan Hawk Eagle is distributed in humid tropical forests of Java. The diet consists mainly of large birds, lizards, fruit bats and mammals. The female usually lays one egg in nest high on top of forest trees.
The Javan Hawk Eagle is the national bird of Indonesia.
Due to ongoing habitat lost, small population size and limited range, the Javan Hawk Eagle is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Spizaetus bartelsi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 3 December 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
