तुरेवाला सर्पगरुड , मोरघार ,मूरयला , अडेरा
Crested serpent eagle
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 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.
[2] In the past, several species including the
Philippine serpent eagle (
S. holospila),
Andaman serpent eagle (
S. elgini) and
South Nicobar serpent eagle (
S. klossi) 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.
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