The Mountain hawk-eagle or Hodgson's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis, earlier treated under Spizaetus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It breeds in the Indian subcontinent, from India, Nepal to Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Japan. The Sri Lankan and south Indian population is smaller and has unstreaked buff underwing coverts. A 2008 study based on the geographic isolation and differences in call suggest that this be treated as a full species, Legge's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus kelaarti)