Thank you. Description. Please Note: The articles or images on this page are the sole property of the authors or photographers. Adults have dark brown upperparts and head, and have a hooded appearance at rest. Species ID Suggestions Sign in to suggest organism ID. The underparts and underwing coverts are pale brown. Copyright: Wikipedia. They often feed on snakes, giving them their name. © Denis Lepage | 1). 3; Fig. Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996) (v.2), Avibase has been visited 309,144,680 times since 24 June 2003. It uses material from Wikipedia.org. Genus:   Spilornis, Short link:   https://avibase.ca/E99210B2, Taxonomic Serial Number: They call often with a loud, piercing and familiar three or two-note call. Downloaded from Source: Wikipedia, Order:   Accipitriformes Please contact them directly with respect to any copyright or licensing questions. http://www.birdlife.org on 08/10/2020. They fly over the forest canopy on broad wings and tail have wide white and black bars. The call is a distinctive Kluee-wip-wip with the first note being high and rising. MyAvibase allows you to create and manage your own lifelists, and produce useful reports to help you plan your next birding excursion. They call often with a loud, piercing and familiar three or two-note call. Digamadulla, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. full species (sometimes nominal subspecies), This taxon is considered a subspecies of 2014. 2014. The crested serpent eagle is usually a lone-ranger but sometimes can be seen in pairs, when they will stay and hunt together all year round. Terms Of Use / Copyright Restrictions, Site Privacy Policy | Report Abuse | Website Administrator | Web Design by Drupal Development Services. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. To register to myAvibase click here. nominate minimus) lumped with S. cheela (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) following Rasmussen and Anderton (2005). The Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. Depending on the…. eBird version 2017 (v.1) The crested serpent eagle largely feeds upon snakes, but other reptiles, amphibians, large insects and small birds can also be found in the diet. In soaring flight, the broad wings are held in a shallow V. The tail and underside of the flight feathers are black with broad white bars. http://www.birdlife.org on 08/10/2020. Spotted by Chris79. eBird version 2015 (v.1) none HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red) Your use of this website indicates your agreement to these The face is bare and yellow joining up with the ceres while the powerful feet are unfeathered and heavily scaled. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. Within its widespread range, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. They often feed on snakes, giving them their name and are placed along with the Circaetus snake-eagles in the subfamily Circaetinae. The Crested Serpent Eagle, as its English and scientific names suggest, is a specialist reptile eater which hunts over woodland for snakes and lizards. BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Spilornis cheela. Crested Serpent Eagle at Kent Ridge Park. The Crested Serpent Eagle Research has called for drivers to be cautious of Crest-ed Serpent Eagles by distrib-uting handouts, while we are engaged in the rehabilitation and release of Crested Serpent Eagles injured in a traffic acci-dent with the cooperation of the local administration and veteri-nary hospitals as well as col-