Rare Javan hawk-eagle chick hatches in Bogor

A newborn Javan hawk-eagle, spotted in June, 2023, sits in its nest at the Mount Gede Pangrango National Park. - JP/Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): A Javan hawk-eagle has hatched in the Mount Gede Pangrango National Park in Bogor, West Java, according to a report by park officials on Monday (Sept 4).

Sapto Aji Prabowo, the park chief, said monitoring officials observed an egg at an active nest on Aug 27, and later found that the hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi) chick had hatched on Saturday.