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 LC    Philippine Serpent-Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Spilornis holospilus

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
51 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Philippines (B).

Northern and eastern Philippine Is, from Luzon south to Mindanao.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

 
Philippine Serpent Eagle (Spilornis) [XC573540]
     by id from Bunawan (near Rosario), Agusan del Sur, Caraga, Philippines (flight call)

 
Philippine Serpent Eagle (Spilornis holospilus) [XC130909]
     by Ding Li Yong from Subic Bay, Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
Taxonomic status uncertain and sometimes classified as subspecies of Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela). Shares Philippines with subspecies palawanensis of Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela), but without sympatry. Currently considered to form superspecies with Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela), Great Nicobar Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis klossi), Kinabalu Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis kinabaluensis) and Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis rufipectus).

Proposed subspecies panayensis not valid.

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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