Spilornis
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cresetedserpent-small.jpg
| image_caption = Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
| taxon = Spilornis
| authority = G.R. Gray, 1840{{cite book|last1=Gray|first1=George Robert|title=A List of the Genera of Birds|date=1840|publisher=Richard and John E. Taylor|page=3|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668943}}
| type_species = Falco cheela
| type_species_authority = Latham, 1790
}}
Spilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. As adults all have dark crowns, and bright yellow eyes and cere.Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. {{ISBN|0-7136-8026-1}} These medium-sized raptors are found in forests of southern Asia and are known as serpent-eagles, an English name shared with two African species from the genera Dryotriorchis and Eutriorchis.
Etymology
{{langx|el|σπιλος}} spilos "spot"; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos "bird".{{cite book |last1= Jobling |first1=J.A.|year= 2017| chapter= Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology|chapter-url= https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/spilornis |chapter-url-access=subscription |editor1-last= del Hoyo|editor1-first= J.|editor2-last= Elliott|editor2-first= A.|editor3-last= Sargatal|editor3-first= J.|editor4-last= Christie |editor4-first= D.A.|editor5-last= de Juana|editor5-first= E. |title= Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive |url= https://www.hbw.com/ |url-access=subscription |location= Barcelona|publisher= Lynx Edicions}}
Species
As traditionally defined, there are 6 species in this genus. It has been proposed that several small island populations, usually included in the Crested Serpent Eagle, be split into separate species.
{{Species table |genus=Spilornis |authority-name=G.R. Gray|authority-year= 1840 |species-count=six|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Andaman serpent eagle |binomial=Spilornis elgini
|image=File:Andaman Serpent Eagle Albin 1.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1863 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Andaman Islands in southeast India.
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|iucn-status= VU
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|name=Great Nicobar serpent eagle |binomial=Spilornis klossi
|image=File:Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle (Spilornis klossi) by Shreeram MV 2.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Richmond |authority-year= 1902|authority-not-original=yes
|range= Indian island of Great Nicobar
|range-image=File:Great nicobar serpent eagle range.png
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
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|hunting=
|iucn-status= EN
|population=
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| S. k. minimus
| S. k. klossi
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}}
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|name= Sulawesi serpent eagle |binomial=Spilornis rufipectus
|image=File:Spilornis rufipectus 107803457.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gould|authority-year=1858 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Sulawesi in Indonesia
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|size=
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|iucn-status= LC
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| S. r. rufipectus - Gould, 1858
| S. r. sulaensis - (Schlegel, 1866)
}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Crested serpent eagle |binomial=Spilornis cheela
|image=File:Spilornis cheela (Bandipur, 2008).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Latham|authority-year=1790 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia
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|iucn-status= LC
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Twenty one subspecies |bullets=on
| S. c. batu
| S. c. bido
| S. c. burmanicus
| S. c. cheela
| S. c. hoya
| S. c. malayensis
| S. c. melanotis
| S. c. palawanensis
| S. c. pallidus
| S. c. richmondi
| S. c. ricketti
| S. c. rutherfordi
| S. c. spilogaster
| S. c. abbotti
| S. c. asturinus
| S. c. baweanus
| S. c. davisoni
| S. c. minimus
| S. c. natunensis
| S. c. perplexus
| S. c. sipora
}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name= Philippine serpent eagle |binomial=Spilornis holospilus
|image=File:Philippine Serpent Eagle.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Vigors |authority-year= 1831|authority-not-original=yes
|range= Philippines
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|iucn-status= LC
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|name= Mountain serpent eagle |binomial=Spilornis kinabaluensis
|image=|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sclater, WL |authority-year=1919 |authority-not-original=
|range= northern Borneo
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|iucn-status= NT
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{{Species table/end}}
References
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{{Accipitrimorphae|A.|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Birds of prey of Asia
Category:Taxa named by George Robert Gray
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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