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The Crested Serpent Eagle is a bird of prey found in forested regions across Asia that specializes in hunting snakes. It's an important part of its ecosystem as a predator that helps control snake populations in the forests where it lives.
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Species
Least ConcernSpecies
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderFalconiformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
大冠鷲（學名：Spilornis cheela）又名蛇鵰、蛇鷹、冠蛇鵰，粵語俗稱麻鷹，是一種中型猛禽，屬於鷹科一員。 大冠鷲分佈很廣，從亞洲南部的印度和斯里蘭卡到亞洲東南部的中國南方及印度尼西亞，築巢在森林近水邊的樹冠，鳥巢以樹枝條構成，且一巢只生一個蛋。 大冠鷲高約55至75公分，成鳥背面和後頸為黑褐色，胸部和腹部和翼下為淡褐色，胸腹有白色斑點，停棲時可見明顯冠羽，在高空時翼開展保持以淺Ｖ字型翱翔，尾巴和翼下後緣為黑色有一條白色橫帶。 大冠鷲鳴叫聲是「呼、呼、悠悠阿」，聲音高昂，遠處可聽聞，尤其是在早上過後，靠著熱氣流盤旋飛上高空時。 大冠鷲主要以蛇這類爬蟲類為食，多在森林裏獵捕，也捕食蜥蜴、小型鳥、鼠類。
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The crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) 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 (S. holospila), Andaman serpent eagle (S. elgini) and South Nicobar serpent eagle (S. klossi) 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 of the head giving them a maned and crested appearance. The face is bare and yellow joining up with the ceres while the powerful feet are unfeathered and heavily scaled. They fly over the forest canopy on broad wings and tail have wide white and black bars. They call often with a loud, piercing and familiar three or two-note call. They often feed on snakes, giving them their name and are placed along with the Circaetus snake-eagles in the subfamily Circaetinae.
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