Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela - Serpentaire bacha

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Spilornis

  • Species
    :

    cheela

Descriptor

Latham, 1790

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 76 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 123 à 155 cm.
  • Weight
    : 420 à 1800 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Serpentaire bacha
adult
Serpentaire bacha
juvenile

Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 21 subspecies

  • Spilornis cheela cheela (n India, Nepal, Bhutan)
  • Spilornis cheela melanotis (s India)
  • Spilornis cheela spilogaster (Sri Lanka)
  • Spilornis cheela burmanicus (Myanmar to sw China and c and s Indochina)
  • Spilornis cheela ricketti (s China, n Vietnam)
  • Spilornis cheela malayensis (Malay Pen., n Sumatra)
  • Spilornis cheela davisoni (Andaman Is.)
  • Spilornis cheela perplexus (s Ryukyu Is.. Japan.)
  • Spilornis cheela hoya (Taiwan)
  • Spilornis cheela rutherfordi (Hainan I.. off se China.)
  • Spilornis cheela pallidus (n Borneo)
  • Spilornis cheela richmondi (s Borneo)
  • Spilornis cheela natunensis (Natunas and Belitung Is.. off Borneo.)
  • Spilornis cheela sipora (Mentawai Arch.. off w Sumatra.)
  • Spilornis cheela batu (s Sumatra, Batu Is.)
  • Spilornis cheela asturinus (Nias I.. off w Sumatra.)
  • Spilornis cheela abbotti (Simeulue I.. off w Sumatra.)
  • Spilornis cheela bido (Java, Bali)
  • Spilornis cheela baweanus (Bawean I.. off n Java.)
  • Spilornis cheela palawanensis (Palawan. w Philippines.)
  • Spilornis cheela minimus (c Nicobar Islands)

Foreign names

  • Serpentaire bacha,
  • Culebrera chiíla,
  • águia-cobreira-de-penacho,
  • Haubenschlangenadler,
  • kontyos kígyászsas,
  • Indische Slangenarend,
  • Serpentario crestato,
  • orienthjälmörn,
  • Orientsnokørn,
  • hadiar čepcový,
  • orlík chocholatý,
  • Toppet Slangeørn,
  • harjakotka,
  • àguila serpera crestada,
  • wężojad czubaty,
  • cekulainais čūskērglis,
  • Хохлатый змееяд,
  • Elang-ular bido,
  • カンムリワシ,
  • 蛇雕,
  • เหยี่ยวรุ้ง,
  • 大冠鷲〔蛇鵰〕,

Voice song and cries

Serpentaire bacha
adult

Habitat

Serpentaire bacha
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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