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Spilornis
Sign in to saveSpilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. As adults all have dark crowns, and bright yellow eyes and cere. 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
蛇鵰屬（Spilornis）是鷹科（Accipitridae）之下的一個屬。包含了大冠鷲在內的6個物種。學名意義為「斑點（=spil）鳥（=ornis）」。[2] 物種 蛇鵰, Spilornis cheela 安達曼群島蛇鵰, Spilornis elgini 大尼科巴蛇鵰, Spilornis klossi 蘇拉威西島蛇鵰, Spilornis rufipectus 菲律賓蛇鵰, Spilornis holospilus 山蛇鵰, Spilornis kinabaluensis 參考資料 ^ Gray, George Robert. A List of the Genera of Birds. Richard and John E. Taylor. 1840: 3. ^ 《猛禽觀察圖鑑》，林文宏/著，第68頁。 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=蛇鵰屬&oldid=52939767” 分类： 鹰科 鵰 隐藏分类：物种微格式条目
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- China, Malaysia, South Africa
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- Accipitridae
- Image
- Crested Serpent Eagle-Spilornis cheela.jpg
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Spilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. As adults all have dark crowns, and bright yellow eyes and cere. 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.
==Etymology== spilos "spot"; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos "bird".
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