The crested serpent eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. In the past, several species including the Philippine serpent eagle, Andaman serpent eagle and South Nicobar serpent eagle were treated as subspecies of the Crested serpent eagle. All members within the species complex have a large looking head with long feathers on the back of the head giving them a maned and crested appearance. The face is bare and yellow joining up with the ceres while the powerful feet are unfeathered and heavily scaled. They fly over the forest canopy on broad wings and tail have wide white and black bars. They call often with a loud, piercing and familiar three or two-note call. They often feed on snakes, giving them their name and are placed along with the Circaetus snake-eagles in the subfamily Circaetinae. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Latham, J 1790)
Reference:
Index Orn.
1 p.4
Protonym:
Falco Cheela
Avibase ID:
0CB771C1CBF43B0C
Avibase ID:
avibase-0CB771C1
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0CB771C1
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175506
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crested Serpent-Eagle [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora] ( Spilornis cheela [excl. elgini, abbotti or sipora]) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Spilornis [cheela, kinabaluensis, holospilus, elgini, etc.]
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