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Serpent-Eagles
Spilornis
Spilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. As adults all have dark crowns, and bright yellow eyes and cere. These medium-sized raptors are found in forests of southern Asia and are known as serpent-eagles; an English name shared with two African species from the genera Dryotriorchis and Eutriorchis.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Crested Serpent-Eagle
speciesSpilornis cheela
Philippine Serpent-Eagle
speciesSpilornis holospilus
Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle
speciesSpilornis rufipectus
Andaman Serpent-Eagle
speciesSpilornis elgini
Mountain Serpent-Eagle
speciesSpilornis kinabaluensis
Nicobar Serpent-Eagle
speciesSpilornis klossi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5156.