---
title: "Aziatische kuifarend"
description: "Nisaetus nipalensis — Vogels. The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mountain-hawk-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aziatische kuifarend

> Nisaetus nipalensis — Vogels. The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia.

- Scientific name: *Nisaetus nipalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1148
- Wikidata: [Q1262185](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262185)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73104](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73104)

## Names

- en: Mountain Hawk-Eagle
- de: Nepalhaubenadler
- es: Águila montañesa
- fr: Aigle montagnard
- nl: Aziatische kuifarend
- pt: Gavião-montês
- pl: Wojownik górski

## Countries with the most observations

TW (240), IN (189), TH (106), BT (74), CN (66), JP (56), NP (22), VN (14), MM (10), MY (4), KH (3)

## Summary

The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. Its feathered tarsus marks this species as a member of the subfamily Aquilinae. It is a confirmed breeding species in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, from India, Nepal (hence the epithet nipalensis) through Bangladesh to Thailand…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_hawk-eagle

## Photo

![Aziatische kuifarend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-hawk-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73104

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-hawk-eagle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).