Nisaetus

Nisaetus
Nisaetus
Sri Lanka Crested Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Nisaetus
Hodgson, 1836
Species

Nisaetus alboniger (Blyth, 1845)
Nisaetus bartelsi Stresemann, 1924
Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, 1788)
Nisaetus floris (E. Hartert, 1898)
Nisaetus kelaarti.[1]
Nisaetus lanceolatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Nisaetus nanus Wallace, 1868
Nisaetus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
Nisaetus philippensis Gould, 1863 Nisaetus pinskeri Preleuthner and Gamauf, 1998

Nisaetus is a genus of eagles found mainly in tropical Asia. They were earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus but molecular studies show that the Old World representatives were closer to the genus Ictinaetus than to the New World Spizaetus (in the stricter sense). They are slender bodied, medium sized hawk-eagles with rounded wings, long feathered legs, barred wings, crests and usually adapted to forest habitats.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Gjershaug, J. O.; Diserud, O. H.; Rasmussen, P. C. & Warakagoda, D. (2008) "An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge’s Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes)" (PDF) Zootaxa 1792: 54–66
  2. ^ E. Haring1, K. Kvaløy, J.-O. Gjershaug, N. Røv and A. Gamauf (2007). "Convergent evolution and paraphyly of the hawk-eagles of the genus Spizaetus (Aves, Accipitridae) – phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial markers". J Zool Syst Evol Res 45 (4): 353–365. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00410.x. 
  3. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus alboniger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/144513. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  4. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus bartelsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/144514. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  5. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus cirrhatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/150769. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  6. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus floris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/150770. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  7. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus lanceolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/144515. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  8. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/144517. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  9. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/144512. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  10. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Nisaetus philippensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/144516. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 


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