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Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela minimus   - Male
Crested Serpent Eagle
Photographer : © Anand Krishnan/Smithsonian Institution
Location :Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA
Date : 19 May 2016
English synonyms:Serpent Eagle, Crested Serpent-eagle, Ceylon Serpent Eagle (spilogaster), Ceylon Serpent-eagle (spilogaster), Ryukyu Serpent Eagle (perplexus), Ryukyu Serpent-eagle (perplexus), Simalur Serpent Eagle (abbotti), Simeulue Serpent Eagle (abbotti), Simeulue Serpent-eagle (abbotti), Nias Serpent Eagle (asturinus), Nias Serpent-eagle (asturinus), Mentawai Serpent Eagle (sipora), Mentawai Serpent-eagle (sipora), Natuna Serpent Eagle (natunensis), Natuna Serpent-eagle (natunensis), Bawean Serpent Eagle (baweanus), Bawean Serpent-eagle (baweanus), Andaman Pale Serpent Eagle (davisoni), Andaman Pale Serpent-eagle (davisoni), Pale Andaman Serpent Eagle (davisoni), Pale Andaman Serpent-eagle (davisoni), Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle (minimus), Central Nicobar Serpent-eagle (minimus), Nicobar Serpent Eagle (minimus), Nicobar Serpent-eagle (minimus), Small Serpent Eagle (minimus), Small Serpent-eagle (minimus)
Bird Family :Accipitrinae - Hawks, Bazas, Honey-buzzards, Eagles, Kites, Vultures, Harriers & Buzzards
Bird Group :CICONIIFORMES
Red Data Status :Least Concern
Remarks :Male specimen (USNM 178434) collected by W.L. Abbott in 1901 from Katchal Island, Nicobars, India.

Specimens are held in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The photographer thanks Chris Milensky and Brian Schmidt at the museum's Division of Birds for access to specimens.