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Crested Serpent Eagle
Spilornis cheela · Family Accipitridae
Spilornis cheela
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 362,889
- Countries and territories with records
- 28
About this species
This species has 362,889 occurrence records from 28 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (39.4%), Taiwan (37.7%), Malaysia (6.5%), Thailand (4.1%) and Sri Lanka (3.6%); together they account for 91.3% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.23% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spilornis cheela combines the genus name Spilornis with the species epithet cheela. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Spilornis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spilornis holospilus, Spilornis elgini and Spilornis rufipectus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 31st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is close to the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.