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 VU    Mountain Serpent-Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Spilornis kinabaluensis

Description (7)
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Other Names (World)
Kinabalu Serpent-Eagle, Mountain Serpent-Eagle, Mountain Serpent Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
51 - 56 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1919

Habitat
Submontane and montane evergreen rainforests. From 750 - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)
Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B).

Mountains of northern Borneo, recorded on Mt Mulu (north-eastern Sarawak), Mt Murud (north-eastern Kalimantan) and Mt Kinabalu (western Sabah).
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation due to conversion to agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Snakes, lizards.

Voice
A 'huit huit huit huiit hwoooo', the first notes brief leading into a long, slurred last note.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Mountain Serpent Eagle (Spilornis kinabaluensis) [XC58818]
     by Mike Nelson from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

 
Mountain Serpent Eagle (Spilornis) [XC400752]
     by Frank Lambert from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
Taxonomic status uncertain. Sometimes regarded as subspecies of Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela), but apparently does not intergrade with sympatric subspecies pallidus of Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela). Also altitudinally segregated and vocalizations quite different.

Currently considered to form superspecies with Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela), Great Nicobar Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis klossi), Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis rufipectus) and Philippine Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis holospilus).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela) which is smaller, paler with shorter wings and narrower, less distinct greyish-white band on tail.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Mountain Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis kinabaluensis) - 7 files


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