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Spilornis cheela
Crested serpent eagle has a large looking head with long feathers on the back of the head giving them a maned and crested appearance. The face is bare and yellow joining up with the ceres while the powerful feet are unfeathered and heavily scaled. They fly over the forest canopy on broad wings and tail have wide white and black bars. They call often with a loud, piercing and familiar three or two-note call. They often feed on snakes, giving them their name and are placed along with the Circaetus snake-eagles in the subfamily Circaetinae.
On a huge tree
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Thank you for the comment aroa1!!
Thank you very much Bhagya!!
wow!!!! smart guy... awesome capture.....
Thank you very much James!!!
Thank you for the nice comment Joseph!!!!
Great Shot Dilan! :))
Superb images of a majestic bird
Thank you for the nice comment sew!!
a handsome fellow...nice one dilo..
Thank you DrNamgyalT!
Great photo Dilan!
A small description was added just now!!
Thank you for the comment Sakanya!!!!
Wow...absolutely WOW!