Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Spilornis cheela
- epik
- 65 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A snake-hunter that floats over the canopy on broad wings, whistling its three-note call. Its bare yellow face seems painted on for the part.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; described as widespread and common across its range, with an overall decreasing population trend
- Habitat
- Tropical and subtropical forests (dry and moist, lowland and montane), forest edge, mangroves, plantations and degraded/secondary woodland, generally in areas with thick vegetation near hills and plains, from sea level up to roughly 1,900 m (older/broader sources cite up to ~3,000 m for peripheral subspecies)
- Fakta menarik
- The Crested Serpent-Eagle spends the vast majority of its daylight hours perched motionless, using a sit-and-wait strategy to ambush snakes and lizards below.
- Sebaran
- South and Southeast Asia: Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan foothills) east through southern China, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Borneo. Note: taxonomy has been split in recent decades, removing several former island subspecies as separate species (e.g. Andaman serpent-eagle, Nicobar serpent-eagle, Sulawesi serpent-eagle, Philippine serpent-eagle) — some older classifications still list the Philippines within Spilornis cheela's range under pre-split taxonomy.
- Makanan
- Carnivorous; specializes on reptiles, especially snakes (giving it its name) and lizards, and also takes frogs, small birds, rodents and other small mammals, fish, termites, earthworms and large insects
- Ukuran
- 0,7 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,35 m
- Masa hidup
- 7,2 tahun
