Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Philippine Serpent-eagle (Spilornis holospilus) - HBW 2, p. 134
French: Serpentaire des Philippines
German: Philippinenschlangenweihe
Spanish: Culebrera Filipina
Taxonomy: Buteo holospilus Vigors, 1831, near Manila.
Taxonomic status uncertain: sometimes classified as race of S. cheela; shares Philippines with S. cheela palawanensis, but without sympatry. Currently considered to form superspecies with S. cheela, S. klossi, S. kinabaluensis and S. rufipectus. Proposed race panayensis not valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & E Philippine Is, from Luzon S to Mindanao.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched and flying away Locality Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 April 2007 5 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A dorsal view of a bird on a branch Locality Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 8 February 2004 5 years ago 35 sec 3.9 -
A slow-motioned view of a bird soaring Locality Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 April 2007 5 years ago 8 sec 3.4 -
1 bird late in the afternoon Locality Sablayan Penal Colony, Sablayan, Mindoro, Philippines
Daniêl Jimenez 11 March 2008 4 years ago 46 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Desmond Allen 4 years ago 19 sec 3 -
soaring over distant hillside Locality Bayyo, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 17 March 2012 1 year ago 18 sec 2
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An adult displaying in flight
Locality Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Frederic Pelsy 16 March 2013 13 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
An adult perched.
Locality Manila Zoo, Manila, Luzon, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 1994 42 weeks ago 3
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bird calling overhead Locality Camiguin Sur, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 November 2007 3 years ago 2
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