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The Indian spotted eagle (Clanga hastata) is a large bird of prey native to South Asia.Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.The typical eagles are often united with the buteos, sea eagles and other more heavy-set Accipitridae, but more recently it appears as if they are less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks.
Indian spotted eagle Clanga hastata (Lesson, 1834) Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal. Size: Habitat: Diet: VU 2,500 - 9,999 [9] Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina Brehm, 1831: Central and Eastern Europe and southeastward to Turkey and Armenia, and Africa: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC 40,000 - 60,000 [10] Greater spotted eagle Clanga clanga
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is the national bird of India. [3] This list does not cover species in Indian jurisdiction areas such as Dakshin Gangotri and oceanic species are delineated by an arbitrary cutoff distance. The list does not include fossil bird species or escapees from captivity.
Rathika Ramasamy is an Indian wildlife photographer. She is based in Chennai and operates as a freelance photographer. [2] She has received many accolades for her photographs [1] [3] and has been called the "first Indian woman to strike an international reputation as a wildlife photographer". [4]
The Indian species has a more distinct pale window in primaries, paler and less distinctly streaked underparts, and paler upperparts (more like a steppe eagle in color) with less distinct, more diffuse pale tips to the larger wing-coverts. Furthermore, the Indian spotted eagle has a notably deeper gape extending behind its eye. [5] [29]
Clark, a 19-year-old bald eagle, traveled through Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Short-toed snake eagle, Circaetus gallicus; Changeable hawk-eagle, Nisaetus cirrhatus [73] Mountain hawk-eagle, Nisaetus nipalensis; Legge's hawk-eagle, Nisaetus kelaarti; Rufous-bellied eagle, Lophotriorchis kienerii; Black eagle, Ictinaetus malaiensis; Indian spotted eagle, Clanga hastata [74] Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga
The spotted eagles greater spotted eagle, lesser spotted eagle, and Indian spotted eagle (previously Aquila clanga, A. pomarina, A. (p.) hastata) are thought to be genetically closer to Ictinaetus and Lophoaetus than to other Aquila species, and may be placed into a separate genus, Clanga. [4]