Spilornis cheela [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus] (Crested Serpent Eagle [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])

Crested Serpent Eagle [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus]

Spilornis cheela [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus] (= Spilornis cheela) (Latham, J 1790)

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Classification

Order:
  Accipitriformes
Family:
  Accipitridae
Genus:
   Spilornis
Scientific:
  Spilornis cheela

Original description

Citation:
(Latham, J 1790)

Reference:
Index Orn. 1 p.14

Protonym:
Falco Cheela

Type locality:
India; restricted to Lucknow by W. L. Sclater, 1919, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 40, p. 38.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226470#page/36/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
67BF6FCF0D990E10

Avibase ID:
avibase-67BF6FCF

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/67BF6FCF

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 825043

Geographic range:

Spilornis cheela cheela: northern India and Nepal
Spilornis cheela melanotis: Indo-Gangetic plain
Spilornis cheela spilogaster: Sri Lanka
Spilornis cheela burmanicus: Myanmar to southwestern China, Thailand, and Indochina
Spilornis cheela ricketti: southern China and northern Vietnam
Spilornis cheela hoya: Taiwan
Spilornis cheela rutherfordi: Hainan (southern China)
Spilornis cheela palawanensis: Palawan (southwestern Philippines)
Spilornis cheela pallidus: lowlands of northern Borneo
Spilornis cheela richmondi: southern Borneo
Spilornis cheela malayensis: Malay Peninsula, northern Sumatra, and Anambas Islands
Spilornis cheela batu: southern Sumatra and Batu Islands
Spilornis cheela bido: Java and Bali
Spilornis cheela davisoni: Andaman Islands
Spilornis cheela abbotti: Simeulue Island (off western Sumatra)
Spilornis cheela sipora: Mentawai Archipelago (off western Sumatra)
Spilornis cheela natunensis: Natunas and Belitung islands (off Borneo)
Spilornis cheela baweanus: Bawean Island (off northern Java)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Crested Serpent Eagle [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus]
French:
Serpentaire bacha [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crested Serpent Eagle [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus] ( Spilornis cheela [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Crested Serpent Eagle [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus] ( Spilornis cheela [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle ( Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Spilornis cheela [cheela, abbotti, asturinus, sipora, natunensis, baweanus]

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Качулат змияр
Bengali: তিলা নাগঈগল
Catalan: Àguila serpera crestada
Cebuano: sikub
Czech: orlík chocholatý
Danish: Borneoslangeørn
German: Schlangenweihe
English: Crested Serpent Eagle [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus], Crested, Simeulue, Mentawai, Natuna or Bawean Serpent-Eagle
Spanish: Culebrera Chiíla
Spanish (Spain): Culebrera Chiíla
Estonian: aasia maduhaugas
Finnish: harjakotka
French: Serpentaire bacha, Serpentaire bacha [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus], Serpentaire bacha, S. de Simeulue, S. de Mentawai, S. de Natuna ou S. de Bawean, Serpentaire bacha, S. de Simeulue, S. des Mentawaï, S. de Natuna ou S. de Bawean
Hungarian: kontyos kígyászsas
Indonesian: Burung Elang-ular Bido
Italian: Serpentario crestato
Japanese (romaji): kammuriwashi
Japanese: カンムリワシ
Japanese (Kanji): 冠鷲
Korean: 관수리
Korean (Transliteration): gwan-suri
Scientific: Falco Cheela, Spilornis [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus], Spilornis cheela, Spilornis cheela [cheela, abbotti, sipora, natunensis, baweanus], Spilornis cheela cheela
Lithuanian: Kuoduotasis gyvatėdis
Latvian: cekulainais čūskērglis
Malayalam: ചുട്ടിപ്പരുന്ത്‌
Malay: Burung Helang Kuik
Nepali: काकाकुल
Dutch: Indische Slangenarend
Norwegian: Orientsnokørn
Polish: wężojad czubaty
Pinyin: dà guān-jiù
Portuguese: águia-serpentária-de-crista
Russian: Хохлатый змееяд
Slovak: hadiar čepcový
Serbian: Ćubasti zmijar
Swedish: orienthjälmörn
Tamil: Paambu Parundhu
Thai: เหยี่ยวรุ้ง
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw-rúŋ
Ukrainian: Змієїд чубатий
Vietnamese: Chim Diều hoa Miến Điện
Chinese: 蛇雕
Chinese (Traditional): 蛇鵰
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大冠鷲
Chinese (Taiwan): 大冠鹫