Crested Serpent Eagle
Spilornis cheela
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusSpilornis (Serpent-Eagles)
- SpeciesSpilornis cheela (Crested Serpent Eagle)
Closest Relatives at Khao Sok National Park
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
White-Bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus nanus
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Lophotriorchis kienerii
Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
Black Baza
Aviceda leuphotes
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus alboniger
Jerdon's Baza
Aviceda jerdoni
Gray-faced Buzzard
Butastur indicus
Crested Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus cirrhatus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Crested Serpent Eagle in Khao Sok National Park?
About 38% of visitor-days record a Crested Serpent Eagle sighting in Khao Sok National Park, based on 275 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Crested Serpent Eagle in Khao Sok National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Crested Serpent Eagle in Khao Sok National Park in our monthly data.