Tuesday, March 27, 2012

>>Genus Spilornis

Spilornis

Spilornis
Crested Serpent Eagle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Spilornis
G.R. Gray, 1840
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.

Species

As traditionally defined, there are 6 species in this genus, but several small island populations that usually are included in the Crested Serpent Eagle have been proposed split into separate species.
  • Andaman Serpent Eagle, Spilornis elgini
  • Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle, Spilornis klossi
  • Sulawesi Serpent Eagle, Spilornis rufipectus
  • Crested Serpent Eagle, Spilornis cheela
    • Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) minimus
    • Simeulie Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) abbottii
    • Nias Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) asturinus
    • Mentawai Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) sipora
    • Natuna Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) natunensis
    • Bawean Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) baweanus
    • Ryukyu Serpent Eagle, Spilornis (cheela) perplexus
  • Philippine Serpent Eagle, Spilornis holospilus
  • Mountain Serpent Eagle, Spilornis kinabaluensis

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