Great Nicobar serpent eagle

Great Nicobar serpent eagle

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Spilornis
Species:	S. klossi
Binomial name
*Spilornis klossi* Richmond, 1902

The Great Nicobar serpent eagle (Spilornis klossi), also known as the South Nicobar serpent eagle, is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is endemic to forests on the Indian island of Great Nicobar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

All major authorities now treat it as a species, but in the past it was sometimes considered a subspecies of S. minimus. Today minimus is either considered a subspecies of the crested serpent eagle or a monotypic species from the central Nicobar Islands; the Central Nicobar serpent eagle.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Spilornis klossi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-8026-1

Subfamily: Circaetinae

Genus	Species

Terathopius	Bateleur

Circaetus	Beaudouin's snake eagle Short-toed snake eagle Black-chested snake eagle Brown snake eagle Southern banded snake eagle Western banded snake eagle

Dryotriorchis	Congo serpent eagle

Spilornis	Crested serpent eagle South Nicobar serpent eagle Mountain serpent eagle Sulawesi serpent eagle Philippine serpent eagle Andaman serpent eagle

Eutriorchis	Madagascan serpent eagle

Eagle

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