Congo Serpent-Eagle (Dryotriorchis spectabilis)

Other Names (World)
Congo Serpent-Eagle, African Serpent-Eagle, Congo Serpent Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
51 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Schlegel, 1863)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Congo Serpent Eagle (Circaetus) [XC397055]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Kakum NP (walkway), Ghana (call)

Congo Serpent Eagle (Circaetus spectabilis) [XC719018]
by Peter Boesman from Kakum National Park, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
Monotypic genus, may be most related to Asian Spilornis species and Madagascan Eutriorchis.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863) - Sierra Leone east to southern Nigeria and north-western Cameroon.
batesi (Sharpe, 1904) - Southern Cameroon east to western Uganda and south to Gabon and south-central Zaire; northern Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Congo Serpent-Eagle (Dryotriorchis spectabilis) - 10 files

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