Steppe Eagle

Order - Accipitriformes 鹰形目
Family - Accipitridae 鹰科 (Hawks, Eagles)
Genus - Aquila 真鵰属

Steppe Eagle

Aquila nipalensis

草原雕

    Size : 60–81 cm; Male 2000–3500 g, Female 2300–4900 g; Wingspan 165–214 cm

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Aquila nipalensis nipalensis (Boddaert, 1783) – Black Kite
  – Altai Mts. to Tibet and Manchuria; winters India to se China.
• Aquila nipalensis orientalis (Sykes, 1832)
  – Central Eurasia; winters to Middle East, Arabia and s Africa.

Date : 01 January 2019

米埔鱼塘, 米埔自然保护区, 元朗区, 新界, 中国香港
Fish Ponds in Mai Po, Mai Po Nature Reserve, Yuen Long District,
New Territories, Hong Kong China