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[[Image:Turdus torquatus torquatus by Helios.jpg|thumb|450px|left|Photo &copy; by {{user|Helios|Helios}}<br />Staines Moor, Surrey; 13 April 2012]]
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[[Image:SnakeHEagleH 2976.jpg|thumb|450px|left|Subspecies ''cheela''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|mikemiki|mikemik}} <br />Kanha National Park, Mandla, [[India]], 20 November 2015]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Length 24-27 cm (9-9½ in); weight 90-138 g
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Medium large raptor about 50–74 cm (19¾-29 in) in length. <br /><br />
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Slim build and long wings.
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'''Adult'''<br />
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Yellow bill, darker above at base and blackish tip.
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Dark brown upperparts and head<br />
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White to off-white breast band.
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Hooded appearance at rest<br />
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Thin white margins on [[Topography#Wings|secondary]] feathers and greater [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]], giving a pale wing panel.
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Pale brown underparts and underwing coverts<br />
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White fringes on body contour feathers, giving a 'scaly' appearance (width of fringes varies regionally; see Subspecies, below).
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Appears large-headed and owl-like due to face s hape and position of eyes<br />
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Dark brown legs.
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Tail and flight feathers black with broad white stripes<br /><br />
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'''Male''' black to blackish-brown with a white breast band.,br />
 
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'''Female''' browner with greyish flecks and often duller breast band.<br />
 
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'''Juvenile''' grey-brown with scaly breast band.
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Mountains of [[Europe]], southwest [[Asia]], and northern [[Africa]]<br />
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Southern [[Asia]]<br />
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'''Breeds''' in [[Ireland]] (rare), northern and western [[Britain]], [[Scandinavia]], northwest [[Russia]] (Kola Peninsula), [[Belgium]] (Ardennes; rare), the Pyrenees, the [[Alps]] and Carpathians, and the [[Balkans]] east through [[Turkey]] to the [[Caucasus]] and [[Alborz]] mountains of northern [[Iran]]; small numbers also in the Atlas Mountains. Has bred in [[Denmark]] and the [[Faroes]]. Usually above 1300 m altitude in the Caucasus, above 1000 m in the Alps, above 300 m in Britain, above 250 m in southern Scandinavia, and down to near sea level in northern Scandinavia.<br />
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*Widespread and generally common from northern [[India]], south to [[Sri Lanka]], east to southern [[China]], Hainan, [[Taiwan]] and the southern Ryukyu Islands.  South to the [[Andaman Islands]] and [[Malay Peninsula]]. <br /> 
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'''Migration''' through most of the rest of Europe, including on low ground, but even then still seeks out steep slopes on hills if available - in southern England, more often found on downland slopes inland, rather than on the coast like other migrants.<br />
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*Also breeds on Palawan, [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] and many smaller islands.
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''Winters''' in mountains around the [[Mediterranean]] (particularly the Atlas Mountains at 1,200-2,700 m) east to southern Iran; small numbers also winter regularly on the higher peaks of the [[Canary Islands]].<br />
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'''Vagrant''' to [[Iceland]] and Jan Mayen in the north, and [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] to the southeast.
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==Taxonomy==
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Taxonomy confused and confusing in the face of little research and multiple distinct forms.
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Subspecies ''abbotti'' may be elevated as "Simeulue Serpent-eagle", ''S. abbotti'', ''sipora'' as "Mentawai Serpent-eagle", ''S. sipora'', ''asturinus'' as "Nias Serpent-eagle", ''S. asturinus'', ''baweanus'' as "Bawean Serpent-eagle", ''S. baweanus'' and (sometimes) ''natunensis'' as "Natuna Serpent-eagle", ''S. natunensis''
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Clements recognizes 21 subspecies
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Breeds in remote, mountainous rocky outcrops, in thinly wooded or open habitats with a few scattered trees. In winter, strongly tied to juniper (''Juniperus'') woods, where the juniper cones ('berries') are a major food source.
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Forest and forest edge, riverine woodland, farmland and sometimes near villages. Occurs up to 3,000m in the [[Himalayas]].
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==Diet==
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==Breeding==
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Their diet consists mostly of insects, earthworms and other invertebrates, and from late summer into winter also berries, particularly of rowan and bilberry in late summer, and juniper in autumn and winter.
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A large stick nest is constructed in the middle of a tall tree. The clutch consists of 1, occasionally two, eggs. These are incubated by the female for about 35 days, with the male helping to feed them once they are hatched. They leave the nest when they are about 2 months old.
  
  
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Latest revision as of 11:58, 1 May 2024

Featured Article: Crested Serpent Eagle
Subspecies cheela
Photo © by mikemik
Kanha National Park, Mandla, India, 20 November 2015

Identification

Medium large raptor about 50–74 cm (19¾-29 in) in length.

Adult
Dark brown upperparts and head
Hooded appearance at rest
Pale brown underparts and underwing coverts
Appears large-headed and owl-like due to face s hape and position of eyes
Tail and flight feathers black with broad white stripes

Distribution

Southern Asia

Taxonomy

Taxonomy confused and confusing in the face of little research and multiple distinct forms.

Subspecies abbotti may be elevated as "Simeulue Serpent-eagle", S. abbotti, sipora as "Mentawai Serpent-eagle", S. sipora, asturinus as "Nias Serpent-eagle", S. asturinus, baweanus as "Bawean Serpent-eagle", S. baweanus and (sometimes) natunensis as "Natuna Serpent-eagle", S. natunensis

Clements recognizes 21 subspecies

Habitat

Forest and forest edge, riverine woodland, farmland and sometimes near villages. Occurs up to 3,000m in the Himalayas.

Breeding

A large stick nest is constructed in the middle of a tall tree. The clutch consists of 1, occasionally two, eggs. These are incubated by the female for about 35 days, with the male helping to feed them once they are hatched. They leave the nest when they are about 2 months old.


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