Pinsker's hawk-eagle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Nisaetus |
Species: | N. pinskeri
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Binomial name | |
Nisaetus pinskeri (Preleuthner & Gamauf, 1998)
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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.