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Sulawesi hawk-eagle

Nisaetus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The sulawesi hawk-eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.17 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Sulawesi hawk-eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus)
Photo: Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sulawesi hawk-eagle

Weight
1.17 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.1 m – 1.35 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
bird, lizard, mammal, snakesrc for Main food
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the sulawesi hawk-eagle?

SULAWESI HAWK-EAGLE · WINGSPAN 1.35 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.35 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the sulawesi hawk-eagle is about 79% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the sulawesi hawk-eagle live?

Not recorded

What is the sulawesi hawk-eagle?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Sulawesi hawk-eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus) (earlier placed under Spizaetus), also known as Celebes hawk-eagle, is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm (25 in) long, crestless brown raptor in the family Accipitridae. The adults have rufous-brown, boldly marked head and chest feathers, dark brown wings and black-barred white below. The young has white head and underparts.

An Indonesian endemic, the Sulawesi hawk-eagle is distributed in rainforests of Sulawesi and its satellite islands of Buton, Muna, Banggai and Sula Islands. The diet consists mainly of birds, lizards, snakes and mammals.

Widespread throughout its habitat range, the Sulawesi hawk-eagle is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

From the Wikipedia article “Sulawesi hawk-eagle” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sulawesi_hawk-eagle&oldid=1382220072), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the sulawesi hawk-eagle endangered?

The sulawesi hawk-eagle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the sulawesi hawk-eagle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusNisaetus
  7. SpeciesNisaetus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

Synonyms Spizaëtos lanceolatus, Spizaetus lanceolatus, Spizaëtus nipalensis lanceolatus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • أفياء سولاويArabic
  • نسر الصقري السولاويArabic
  • àguila de SulawesiCatalan
  • orel celebeskýCzech
  • SulawesihøgeørnDanish
  • CelebeshaubenadlerGerman
  • Celebes-AdlerGerman
  • celebesa agloEsperanto
  • Águila de CélebesSpanish
  • Águila azor de CélebesSpanish
  • Aguila-azor de CélebesSpanish
  • Águila-azor de CélebesSpanish
  • sulawesi tuttkotkasEstonian
  • celebesinjalokotkaFinnish
  • Aigle des CélèbesFrench
  • sulaveški oraoCroatian
  • celebeszi vitézsasHungarian
  • Elang sulawesiIndonesian
  • Aquilastore di SulawesiItalian
  • セレベスクマタカJapanese
  • sulavesinis peslinis erelisLithuanian
  • CelebeskuifarendDutch
  • SulawesikuifarendDutch
  • sulawesiskogørnNorwegian
  • wojownik krótkoczubyPolish
  • águia-da-celebesPortuguese
  • águia-gavião-de-celebesPortuguese
  • gavião-das-celebesPortuguese
  • Сулавесский хохлатый орёлRussian
  • orlovec krahulčíSlovak
  • Celebeski jastrebasti oraoSerbian
  • sulawesiörnSwedish
  • sulawesihökörnSwedish
  • Selebes Atmaca KartalıTurkish
  • орел-чубань сулавеськийUkrainian
  • 苏拉威西鹰雕Chinese
  • 蘇拉威西鷹鵰Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the sulawesi hawk-eagle

Other species in the same genus Nisaetus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the sulawesi hawk-eagle?

An adult sulawesi hawk-eagle weighs 1.17 kg and has a wingspan of 1.1 m – 1.35 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sulawesi hawk-eagle endangered?

The sulawesi hawk-eagle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What does the sulawesi hawk-eagle eat?

Its recorded main food is bird, lizard, mammal and snake.

What kind of animal is the sulawesi hawk-eagle?

The sulawesi hawk-eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{sulawesi_hawk_eagle_2026,
  title = {Sulawesi hawk-eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sulawesi-hawk-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}