Crested Serpent Eagle
Spilornis cheela(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Crested Serpent Eagle
The Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
- Scientific name
- Spilornis cheela
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crested Serpent Eagle
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 21 subspecies for this species.
- Spilornis cheela cheela
- Spilornis cheela melanotis
- Spilornis cheela spilogaster
- Spilornis cheela burmanicus
- Spilornis cheela ricketti
- Spilornis cheela malayensis
- Spilornis cheela davisoni
- Spilornis cheela perplexus
- Spilornis cheela hoya
- Spilornis cheela rutherfordi
- Spilornis cheela pallidus
- Spilornis cheela richmondi
- Spilornis cheela natunensis
- Spilornis cheela sipora
- Spilornis cheela batu
- Spilornis cheela asturinus
- Spilornis cheela abbotti
- Spilornis cheela bido
- Spilornis cheela baweanus
- Spilornis cheela palawanensis
- Spilornis cheela minimus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco Cheela
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- India; restricted to Lucknow by W. L. Sclater, 1919, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 40, p. 38.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Andaman Serpent Eagle
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