Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Philippine Serpent-eagle (Spilornis holospilus)
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
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A bird perched and flying away Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 April 2007 2 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A dorsal view of a bird on a branch Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 8 February 2004 1 year ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A slow-motioned view of a bird soaring Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 April 2007 2 years ago 8 sec 3.4 -
1 bird late in the afternoon Sablayan Penal Colony, Mindoro, Philippines
Daniêl Jimenez 11 March 2008 1 year ago 46 sec 2.8 -
A bird in a tree. Mindanao, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Desmond Allen 1 year ago 19 sec 2
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Philippine Serpent-Eagle, in wildlife rescue centre, Palawan, Philippines Palawan, Philippines
Mark Andrews 7 March 2009 39 weeks ago 3.8
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