Pinsker's hawk-eagle

Pinsker's hawk-eagle
A captive adult
A wild juvenile Pinsker's hawk-eagle seen in Davao de Oro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Nisaetus
Species:
N. pinskeri
Binomial name
Nisaetus pinskeri
(Preleuthner & Gamauf, 1998)
Synonyms

Spizaetus philippensis pinskeri Preleuthner & Gamauf, 1998

Pinsker's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus pinskeri), south Philippine hawk-eagle or Mindanao hawk-eagle, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.[2][3][4] It is endemic to the Philippines native to the islands of Leyte, Samar, Negros, Basilan, Bohol and Mindanao. It is found in primary moist lowland forest and tropical moist montane forest up to 1,900 m.[5] It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting. IUCN estimates just 600–800 mature birds left.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nisaetus pinskeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734083A95073986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734083A95073986.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gamauf A, Gjershaug JO, Rov N, Kvaly K, Haring E (2005). "Species or subspecies? The dilemma of taxonomic ranking of some South-East Asian hawk-eagles (genus Spizaetus)". Bird Conservation International. 15: 99–117. doi:10.1017/S0959270905000080.
  3. ^ Gamauf A, Preleuthner M & W. Pinsker (1998). "Distribution and field identification of Philippine birds of prey: 1. Philippine Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) and Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)". Forktail. 14: 1–11.
  4. ^ Preleuthner, M. & Gamauf, A. (1998). "A possible new subspecies of the Philippine Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) and its future prospects" (PDF). J. Raptor Res. 32 (2): 126–135.
  5. ^ Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife Guides International. pp. 190–191.