Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Kinabalu Serpent-eagle (Spilornis kinabaluensis) - HBW 2, p. 133

French: Serpentaire de Kinabalu German: Bergschlangenweihe Spanish: Culebrera del Kinabalu
Other common names: Mountain Serpent Eagle

Taxonomy: Spilornis cheela kinabaluensis W. L. Sclater, 1919, Mount Kinabalu, north Borneo.
Taxonomic status uncertain: sometimes regarded as race of S. cheela, but apparently does not intergrade with sympatric S. cheela pallidus; also altitudinally segregated and vocalizations quite different. Present species currently considered to form superspecies with S. cheela, S. klossi, S. rufipectus and S. holospilus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountains of N Borneo, recorded on Mt Mulu (NE Sarawak), Mt Murud (NE Kalimantan) and Mt Kinabalu (W Sabah).