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Hodgson's hawk-eagle

台灣熊鷹 Spizaetus niplensis fokiensis Sclater

Photo by EdwardLo
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Description:

俗稱熊鷹的赫氏角鷹，是台灣最大型的猛禽，體長70-80公分，最明顯的外型特徵便是頭頂後方的冠羽。熊鷹棲息在原始林，但因為棲地的逐漸減少，加上其尾羽和飛羽在原住民傳統祭典與習俗方面有重要的價值，熊鷹面臨獵捕壓力，生存也受到威脅。目前熊鷹為台灣保育等級第一級的「瀕臨絕種」野生動物。

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Mountain Hawk-Eagle

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PublishedSeptember 12, 2011

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