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What the Crested Serpent Eagle sounds like
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This medium-large, dark brown eagle is stocky, with rounded wings and a short tail. Its short black and white fan-shaped nuchal crest gives it a thick-necked appearance. The bare facial skin and feet are yellow. The underside is spotted with white and yellowish-brown. When perched the wing tips do not reach until the tail tip. In soaring flight, the broad and paddle-shaped wings are held in a shallow V. The tail and underside of the flight feathers are black with broad white bars. Young birds show a lot of white on the head. The tarsus is unfeathered and covered by hexagonal scales.
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When to see the Crested Serpent Eagle
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Crested Serpent Eagle
The map shades 20 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Pakistan.
About the Crested Serpent Eagle
The crested serpent eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. In the past, several species including the Philippine serpent eagle, Andaman serpent eagle and South Nicobar serpent eagle were treated as subspecies of the crested serpent eagle. All members within the species complex have a large-looking head with long feathers on the back, giving them a maned and crested appearance.
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Easily confused with
Philippine Serpent EagleSpilornis holospilusThe Philippine serpent eagle is an eagle found in the major islands of the Philippines.
Andaman Serpent EagleSpilornis elginiThe call of the Andaman serpent eagle consists of three to four short chip-sounding whistles.
Sulawesi Serpent EagleSpilornis rufipectusThe Sulawesi serpent eagle is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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