Spilornis

Spilornis
	Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Subfamily:	Circaetinae
Genus:	Spilornis; G.R. Gray, 1840[1]

Spilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. As adults all have dark crowns, and bright yellow eyes and cere.[2] 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.[2]

Etymology

Greek: σπιλος spilos “spot”; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos “bird”.[3]

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.[2]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Spilornis elgini	Andaman serpent eagle	Andaman Islands in southeast India.
Spilornis klossi	Great Nicobar serpent eagle	Indian island of Great Nicobar
Spilornis rufipectus	Sulawesi serpent eagle	Sulawesi in Indonesia
Spilornis cheela	Crested serpent eagle	across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia
Spilornis holospilus	Philippine serpent eagle	Philippines
Spilornis kinabaluensis	Mountain serpent eagle	northern Borneo

References

Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds. Richard and John E. Taylor. p. 3.
Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-8026-1
Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (2018) (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

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[1] Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds. Richard and John E. Taylor. p. 3.

[RaptorsWorld-2] Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-8026-1

[3] Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (2018) (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.