NCRRU - Changeable Hawk Eagle (Dark Morph)
Changeable Hawk-Eagle(CHE) is one of the most common raptor in Peninsula Malaysia. In a way this species are successful in many different habitat. They come with 2 different morph. The pale and the dark morph. During nesting a mix morph can happen and is not a rare sight to see a nest with mix morph. The result is 50% chance of either morph. The dark morph can be told by mainly dark plumage variation but can also appear very dark brown such as in this picture here. This one here is an adult. Perch well for us to view and photograph. We also manage to get some video such as this one here.
I wont say aging the dark morph is easy and it is always harder compare to pale morph. Many also confuse this species to Bat Hawk and Black Eagle. One of the easy way is the placing of the wing when close. At close the Changeable Hawk Eagle wing is half way tail length while both Bat Hawk and Black Eagle is close to tail tip. This may help many to differentiate their raptor.
Here is some picture of the dark morph adult.
I wont say aging the dark morph is easy and it is always harder compare to pale morph. Many also confuse this species to Bat Hawk and Black Eagle. One of the easy way is the placing of the wing when close. At close the Changeable Hawk Eagle wing is half way tail length while both Bat Hawk and Black Eagle is close to tail tip. This may help many to differentiate their raptor.
Here is some picture of the dark morph adult.
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| Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Photo by Terence Ang) |
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| Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Photo by Terence Ang) |
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| Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Photo by Terence Ang) |
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