eagle « Birds of Nepal

Spilornis cheela
Nepali Name: काकाकुल (Kakakul)

Notes:

As its name suggests it is specialized reptile hunter, feeding on well snakes and lizards.
Calls incessantly

Aquila fasciata
Nepali Name: मोरङ्गी चील (Morangi Cheel)

Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

(juvenile) Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Observed hunting from a perch during the current visit but does hunt on the wing.

Aquila chrysaetos
Nepali Name: सुपर्ण महाचील Suparna Mahacheel

Pangboche (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. ~4,020m. 28 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. One of the most ferocious and boldest of the hunters.

Nepali Name: गोमायु महाचील (Gomayu Mahacheel)

Chobhar Bagmati, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,270m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Chobhar Bagmati, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,270m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Chobhar Bagmati, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,270m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 21 January, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha