Wallace's Hawk Eagle, Spizaetus nanus by Andrew Hardacre

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This is purely here in the hope that someone can tell me what species this is

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Wong Tsu Shi		09-Apr-2010 06:47
Hi Andrew, do you have a bigger crop of the raptor, this is a bit tiny to see the distinguishing features. TQ.

Andrew Hardacre		30-Sep-2006 04:53
Just checked: we were on the Lower Kinabatangan River

Andrew Hardacre		29-Sep-2006 11:42
This was taken in riverine habitat about 2.5 hrs upstream from Sandakan in Sabah. Others have also speculated on Wallace's Hawk-Eagle but nobody is prepared to stick their neck out. The common eagle here was of course Crested Serpent Eagle, which I know well as tthey fly over my home in HK. Does this help?

steve		29-Sep-2006 07:12
Andrew, Exact location, altitude, riverine, habitat? It is probably a Wallace's Hawk-Eagle, but I would need a location to make a better educated guess. Major confusion species are juveniles of another Spizaetus sp. (alboniger), and also Aviceda jerdoni.

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