What does the Changeable Hawk-Eagle eat?
Nisaetus cirrhatus
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Diet overview
Carnivore (primarily birds, small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians)
How it forages
A powerful and opportunistic predator. Hunts from a high perch, swooping down on unsuspecting prey, or by soaring high and stooping. Prey includes a wide variety of birds (especially junglefowl, pheasants, pigeons, and smaller raptors), small mammals (squirrels, rats, bats), reptiles (lizards, snakes), and amphibians. It is known to hunt in pairs, with one bird flushing prey towards the other.
When it feeds
Diurnal, active during daylight hours.
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