Rufous-bellied Eagle

Lophotriorchis kienerii

Family: Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks · Status: Rare migrant and rare visitor · Size: 53–61 cm · Conservation: Near Threatened

Range

Resident from the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka east through Indochina, Hainan, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, and the Greater Sundas. Mainly sedentary, but individuals disperse or migrate along the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

Identification

Adult has a slight crest, blackish head-sides and upperparts, whitish throat and upper breast with a rufous-chestnut underwing coverts and belly to vent. Juvenile has browner upperparts, whitish head-sides with dark eyestripe, and mostly whitish underparts and wing-coverts.

Habitat

Forests and woodland.

Behaviour

When hunting, stoops from height or still-hunts from a perch.