Tours where you can spot this bird
No tours linked yet.
Flores Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus floris (Hartert, EJO, 1898)
Accipitridae — Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Flores Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus floris, is a bird of the Lesser Sundas from Lombok to Alor in Australasia, where it lives in forest. It is an endemic raptor in the Accipitridae family. Adults show dark upperparts, white underparts and a white head marked with fine brown streaking on the crown. The tail carries six bars, and the wing shows a white patch in flight. It has no head crest. It is also known for being larger than the changeable hawk-eagle, with a long-tailed, slender build.
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae — Kites, Hawks, Eagles
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Lombok to Alor (w, c Lesser Sundas)
