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Wallace's hawk-eagle

Nisaetus nanus (Wallace, 1868)

VUVulnerablebirds of prey

The wallace's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh 555 g to 560 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Wallace's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus)
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the wallace's hawk-eagle

Weight
557.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
95 cm – 1.05 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the wallace's hawk-eagle?

WALLACE'S HAWK-EAGLE · WINGSPAN 1.05 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.05 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the wallace's hawk-eagle is about 62% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the wallace's hawk-eagle live?

Not recorded

What is the wallace's hawk-eagle?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Wallace's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in Kra Isthmus, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and trade. It is among the smallest eagles in the world at about 46 cm (18 in) long and weighing 500–610 g (1.10–1.34 lb) (about the size of a peregrine falcon).

It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.

It is non-migratory.

From the Wikipedia article “Wallace's hawk-eagle” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wallace%27s_hawk-eagle&oldid=1315345840), 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 wallace's hawk-eagle endangered?

The wallace's hawk-eagle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the wallace's hawk-eagle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusNisaetus
  7. SpeciesNisaetus nanus (Wallace, 1868)

Synonyms Spizaetus nanus, Spizaetus nanus nanus

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • أفياء والاسArabic
  • نسر القصري الوالاسيArabic
  • àguila de WallaceCatalan
  • orel malajskýCzech
  • MalajhøgeørnDanish
  • MalayhøgeørnDanish
  • ZwerghaubenadlerGerman
  • DschungeladlerGerman
  • DschungelhaubenadlerGerman
  • nana agloEsperanto
  • Águila de WallaceSpanish
  • Águila azor de WallaceSpanish
  • Aguila-azor de WallaceSpanish
  • väike-tuttkotkasEstonian
  • pikkujalokotkaFinnish
  • Aigle de WallaceFrench
  • prugastotrbi oraoCroatian
  • szumátrai vitézsasHungarian
  • Elang WalaseaIndonesian
  • Elang wallaceIndonesian
  • Aquilastore di WallaceItalian
  • Aquila dal ciuffo di WallaceItalian
  • ウォーレスクマタカJapanese
  • mažasis peslinis erelisLithuanian
  • Kleine KuifarendDutch
  • dvergskogørnNorwegian
  • wojownik małyPolish
  • águia-malaiaPortuguese
  • águia-gavião-anãPortuguese
  • gavião-da-selvaPortuguese
  • Джунглевый хохлатый орёлRussian
  • orlovec džungľovýSlovak
  • Valasov jastrebasti oraoSerbian
  • malajörnSwedish
  • wallacehökörnSwedish
  • Wallaces hökörnSwedish
  • เหยี่ยวหงอนสีน้ำตาลท้องขาวThai
  • Wallace Atmaca KartalıTurkish
  • орел-чубань малийUkrainian
  • 小鷹鵰Chinese
  • 华氏鹰雕Chinese
  • 小鹰鵰Chinese

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Relatives of the wallace's 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 wallace's hawk-eagle?

An adult wallace's hawk-eagle weighs 557.8 g and has a wingspan of 95 cm – 1.05 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the wallace's hawk-eagle endangered?

The wallace's hawk-eagle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the wallace's hawk-eagle?

The wallace's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{wallaces_hawk_eagle_2026,
  title = {Wallace's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wallaces-hawk-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}