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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malayensis
Crested Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus cirrhatus
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus kelaarti
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Lophotriorchis kienerii
Jerdon's Baza
Aviceda jerdoni
White-Bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
📅 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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
About 29% of visitor-days record a Crested Serpent Eagle sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 427 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Crested Serpent Eagle in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Crested Serpent Eagle in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.