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Changeable Hawk Eagle catches a rat

on 25th May 2009

BK Lim photographed a Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus) with a rat clutched tightly in its talons sometime in February 2009.

This raptor normally catches its prey after a rapid stoop from a high perch. Its food includes small as well as large birds, snakes, frogs, lizards and mammals. Mammals taken include rats, squirrels and hares. According to R Subaraj, the rat here is most probably a house rat, .

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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4 Responses

  1. The Changeable Hawk Eagle is an uncommon resident in Singapore. Its range: N India, Nepal, Myanmar, Indochina, Malay Peninsula,Indonesia, Philippines…

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