Black eagle

This article is about the south and southeast Asian bird. For the African and middle-eastern bird, see Verreaux's eagle. For other uses, see Black eagle (disambiguation).

Black eagle
The wing tip reaches the tail at rest (ssp. perniger)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Ictinaetus
Blyth, 1843
Species:
I. malaiensis
Binomial name
Ictinaetus malaiensis
(Temminck, 1822)
Subspecies[2]
  • I. m. perniger - (Hodgson, 1836)
  • I. m. malaiensis - (Temminck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Neopus malayensis
  • Ictinaetus malayensis
  • Aquila pernigra

The black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus Ictinaetus. They soar over forests in the hilly regions of tropical and subtropical South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeastern China. They hunt mammals and birds, particularly at their nests. They are easily identified by their widely splayed and long primary "fingers", the characteristic silhouette, slow flight and yellow ceres and legs that contrast with their dark feathers.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ictinaetus malaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696019A93538909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696019A93538909.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.