Flores hawk-eagle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Nisaetus |
Species: | N. floris
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Binomial name | |
Nisaetus floris (Hartert, 1898)
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The Flores hawk-eagle (Nisaetus floris) is a large raptor in the family Accipitridae. It is an endemic species to the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia.[2] A member of the genus Nisaetus, it was considered as a subspecies of and conspecific with the changeable hawk-eagle but genetic studies have evidenced it as a legitimate species.[3] A forest dwelling predator, this species is classified as Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and persecution.[1][4]