Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Accipitriformes > Accipitridae > Spilornis > Spilornis cheela

Spilornis cheela (Crested Serpent Eagle)

Synonyms: Falco cheela

Infraspecies

Spilornis cheela abbotti
Spilornis cheela asturinus
Spilornis cheela batu
Spilornis cheela baweanus
Spilornis cheela bido
Spilornis cheela burmanicus
Spilornis cheela cheela
Spilornis cheela davisoni
Spilornis cheela hoya
Spilornis cheela malayensis
Spilornis cheela melanotis
Spilornis cheela minimus
Spilornis cheela natunensis
Spilornis cheela palawanensis
Spilornis cheela pallidus
Spilornis cheela perplexus
Spilornis cheela richmondi
Spilornis cheela ricketti
Spilornis cheela rutherfordi
Spilornis cheela sipora
Spilornis cheela spilogaster

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.32457
EDGE Score: 2.23265
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.085 lbs (492 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.246 lbs (565 g)
Male Weight [1]  420 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  34.5 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  60 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  25 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  25 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [1]  1
Fledging [1]  60 days
Incubation [3]  40 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  92
Snout to Vent Length [1]  24 inches (62 cm)
Speed [5]  25.725 MPH (11.5 m/s)
Wing Span [5]  5.018 feet (1.53 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 5Pande, S., A. Padhye, P. Deshpande, A. Ponkshe, P. Pandit, A. Pawashe, S. Pednekar, R. Pandit & P. Deshpande (2013). Avian collision threat assessment at ‘Bhambarwadi Wind Farm Plateau’ in northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(1): 3504–3515
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0