Species profile
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus kelaarti
Quick answer
SW India (Western Ghats) and Sri Lanka
- Scientific name
- Nisaetus kelaarti
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Nisaetus
Recording Legge's Hawk-Eagle in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Accipitridae
- African Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda cuculoides)
- African Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
- African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)
- African Harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus)
- African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
- African Marsh-harrier (Circus ranivorus)
- Amplibuteo concordatus (Amplibuteo concordatus)
- Amplibuteo hibbardi (Amplibuteo hibbardi)