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Changeable Hawk-Eagle up close, Wasgamuwa, Sri Lanka Both a threatening and silly display, with its weird crest. Asia,Changeable Hawk-Eagle,Nisaetus cirrhatus,Sri Lanka,Wasgamuwa Click/tap to enlarge

Changeable Hawk-Eagle up close, Wasgamuwa, Sri Lanka

Both a threatening and silly display, with its weird crest.

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    travismorhardt
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    These birds have always struck me as silly. That is a good word for it. Posted 10 years ago
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      Ferdy Christant
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      Luckily its changeable :) Posted 10 years ago

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The Changable hawk eagle

The changeable hawk-eagle or crested hawk-eagle is a bird of prey species of the family Accipitridae. It was formerly placed in the genus "Spizaetus", but studies pointed to the group being paraphyletic resulting in the Old World members being placed in "Nisaetus" and separated from the New World species.

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Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 5, 2015. Captured Nov 9, 2014 14:21.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/400s
  • ISO320
  • 400mm