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Wallace's Hawk-Eagle

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Wallace's Hawk-Eagle

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Also known as Nisaetus nanus, Spizaetus nanus

species of bird

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Vinony catalogs Wallace's Hawk-Eagle in its Vulnerable Species collection (16,386 entries).

Within Vinony's link graph, Wallace's Hawk-Eagle is referenced by 24 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, bird and Barcelona.

Vinony files it under Birds described in 1868, Birds of Malesia and Eagles.

Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Vulnerable

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Nisaetus
Mass
555
Image
Nisaetus nanus nanus 1868.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Vulnerable
taxon name
Nisaetus nanus
taxon common name
águia-malaia
Commons category
Nisaetus nanus
wingspan
100
short name
N. nanus
taxon range
Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview

Wallace's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in Kra Isthmus, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and trade. It is among the smallest eagles in the world at about 46 cm (18 in) long and weighing 500–610 g (1.10–1.34 lb) (about the size of a peregrine falcon).

It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wallace's Hawk-Eagle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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