| Spilornis | |
|---|---|
 Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Accipitriformes |
| Family | Accipitridae |
| Genus | Spilornis |
Spilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. 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.
Crested Serpent Eagle (Latham, 1790) 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 Andaman Serpent Eagle (Blyth, 1863) (Spilornis elgini) Philippine Serpent Eagle (Vigors, 1831) (Spilornis holospilus) Mountain Serpent Eagle (Sclater, 1919) (Spilornis kinabaluensis) Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle (Richmond, 1902) (Spilornis klossi) Sulawesi Serpent Eagle (Gould, 1858) (Spilornis rufipectus)