Crested Serpent eagle
Spilornis cheela
Description:
A bird of prey,blackish crown ,yellow in between eye and beak ,tail end is black.
Habitat:
Deciduous forest of my village.
Bosabehari Gaon, Assam, India
Spotted on Feb 22, 2022
Submitted on Feb 22, 2022
2 Comments
@ Leuba: yes, and they also appear to be in good shape in Sri Lanka,
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18..., and https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13...
They look quite different from the backside as you can see!
Handsome birds and lovely spotting ! Wing patterns look great going by photos on the Net showing them in flight . It is a relief and good to read that they are not endangered on mainland.