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Common Name

Crested Serpent Eagle

Alternate Names

Common Type

Eagle

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Spilornis

Species

cheela

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Crested Serpeant Eagle Singapore, Crested Serpeant Eagle Sri Lanka

Number of Sub-Species

Twenty one subspecies with some already given their own species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Areas with thick vegitatioin

Distribution and Range

Food

As their name implies their primary food is snakes and lizards.

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Field Notes:

Nests are lined with green leaves and are placed on the nest floor facing down. The usual clutch is one egg. When eggs are lost, a replacement is laid two to seven weeks later.

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