Hodgson's Hawk-Eagle

Danish: Bjergtopørn Swedish: ? Norwegian: ? Icelandic: ?

Faroese: ? Greenlandic: ? Finnish: ? German: Nepalhaubenadler.

French: ? Spanish: ? Italian: ? Arabic: ?

Physical Characteristics: Size: large Build: slender Weight: S. n. orientalis, female 3500 g, male 2500 g. Wings and tail: Very short wings relative to the long tail. Wingspan: ? Colours: Adult: Neck and back brown. Rump and upper-tail coverts barred brown and white. Crown and crest almost black, the tips a bit paler. Immatures: mainly white. Voice: 'klu-weet-weet' Noisy. Easily confused with: Range: Continental Asia south of Himalaya. From Eastern Kashmir in the west to south-east China, Taiwan (S. n. nipalensis ), Sri Lanka (S. n. kelaarti ), Hainan and main islands of Japan (s. n. orientalis ).

Population: ?

Migration: Non-migratory.

Habitat: Forests.

Breeding: Displays are common and consists of soaring followed by undulating flights. Often both birds fly together and neighbouring pairs may also join in.
   The breeding season is in the early spring or the cold dry season in most of its range.
   The nests is build in trees and usually become quite large.
   Only one egg is laid. Incubation is done by the female, who is very agressive if disturbed at the nest. She is fed by the male during incubation. Incubation and fledgling takes about 80 days.

Food: Mammals as hares, large game-birds as duck, pheasants poultry and jungle fowl, and lizards.

Hunting technique: Prey is taken on the ground.