HBW-World Bird Photo Contest

FIRST PRIZE OF US$10,000

Lynx Edicions, publisher of the Handbook of the Birds of the World and the Internet Bird Collection, announces the launch of the First Edition of the  HBW World Bird Photo Contest, created with the aspiration of becoming the most important bird photography competition at the world level.

Booted Eagle(Aquila pennata)

Booted Eagle at Thailand

Common Name: Booted Eagle

Scientific Name: Aquila pennata (Gmelin,1788)

Synonim: Hieraaetus pennatus

The Booted Eagle (Aquila pennata) (formerly Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized bird of prey. It is about 48 centimetres (19 in) in length and has a wingspan of 120 centimetres (47 in). Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

Brahminy Kite(Haliastur indus)

Common Name : Brahminy Kite

Scientific Name: Haliastur indus Boddaert, 1783

Sub Species: The Brahminy Kite was first described by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert in 1783. Four subspecies are recognized: H.i.indus (Boddaert, 1783) is found in South Asia; H.i. flavirostris Condon & Amadon, 1954 is found in the Solomon Islands; H.i. girrenera (Vieillot, 1822) is found in New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Australia : H.i. intermedius Blyth, 1865 is found in the Malay Peninsula and into the islands of the Sundas, Sulawesi and the Philippines. 

Southern pig-tailed Macaque(Macaca nemestrina)

Common Name : Southern pig-tail Macaque ;,.. —————- Scientific Name: Macaca nemestrina Linnaeus, 1766.

The southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina is a medium-sized Old World monkey found in the southern half of the Malay Peninsula (only just extending into southernmost Thailand), Borneo, Sumatra and Bangka Island. 

Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle(Nisaetus alboniger)

Indonesian Name : Elang Gunung;,..———- Scientific Name : Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845,. —– Synonim : Spizaetus alboniger. 

Blue-necked Keelback(Macropisthodon rhodomelas)

Nama Indonesia: Ular Picung Leher Biru;,. —– Nama Latin/Ilmiah: Macropisthodon rhodomelas  (Boie, 1827);,.— Sinonim: Tropidonotus rhodomelas

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