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Eagle - Crested Hawk Eagle

Nisaetus cirrhatus

Photo by Karan Raghwa
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Description:

Large, slender, crested forest eagle; brown upperparts and whitish underparts longitudinally streaked brown; prominent crest; streaked whitish body; broad wings and long; rounded tail.
Sexes alike, but female is larger; solitary, occasionally in pair circles high over forests, specially when breeding
Photo taken at Kanha Tiger Reserve, MP-India

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