Spilornis cheela  Latham, 1790

Crested Serpent-Eagle

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Spilornis
Species: cheela

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• Common names: Crested Serpent-Eagle
• Thai names: เหยี่ยวรุ้ง
• Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
  Spilornis cheela cheela: N India and Nepal
  Spilornis cheela melanotis: Indo-Gangetic plain
  Spilornis cheela spilogaster: Sri Lanka
  Spilornis cheela burmanicus: Myanmar to sw China, Thailand and Indochina
  Spilornis cheela ricketti: Southern China and n Vietnam
  Spilornis cheela hoya: Taiwan
  Spilornis cheela rutherfordi: Hainan (s China)
  Spilornis cheela palawanensis: Palawan (sw Philippines)
  Spilornis cheela pallidus: Lowlands of n Borneo
  Spilornis cheela richmondi: S Borneo
  Spilornis cheela malayensis: Malay Peninsula, n Sumatra and Anambas Islands
  Spilornis cheela batu: S Sumatra and Batu Islands
  Spilornis cheela bido: Java and Bali
  Spilornis cheela davisoni: Andaman Islands
• IUCN Red List: Least concern. Population stabel. ​[2]
• Image locations: Phetchaburi (Kaeng Krachan N.P.)
• Additional notes: 

Image locations

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Images of Spilornis cheela from Thailand.

Spilornis cheela Kaeng Krachan N.P. Phetchaburi Thailand January

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References:
​[1] Avibase - accessed 09 June 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Spilornis cheela. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22695293A95221642. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695293A95221642.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2020.
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​​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.