Crested Hawk-Eagle Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus

20 January 2019.

Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus

Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus

Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus

Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus

The crest with four flowing feathers atop the Eagles head gives it the name Crested Hawk Eagle.

He's a forest eagle that sits high up on a tree,

Patient Eagle that preys of wildfowl, hares and reptiles.

Vagrant to this part of the world, preferring the jungles of the plains.

The Crested Hawk-Eagle previously called  Changeable hawk-eagles is extremely rare to this part of the world. I recorded this only once before in 2012.  This is the second time I've recorded this species here in Abu (20 Jan 2019).

Changeable hawk-eagles breed in the Indian subcontinent, mainly in India and Sri Lanka, and from the southeast rim of the Himalaya across Southeast Asia to Indonesia and the Philippines. 

To read more on this species Click:Here

Spotted Flycatcher Birds of Mount Abu October 2018 .

Spotted Flycatcher

4 October 2018 

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata sarudnyi 

Spotted Flycatcher 4 Oct 2018 Mount Abu Raj,

A great day for me MY First ever glimpse and capture of this species in our area a lifer. It's probably a record shot as no other birder has made mention of spotting this species here.

Had to check the internet for its confirmation probably a vagrant or passage migratory bird.

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata sarudnyi 

Another view

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata sarudnyi 

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