- Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle
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Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Falconiformes
(or Accipitriformes, q.v.)Family: Accipitridae Genus: Spilornis Species: S. klossi Binomial name Spilornis klossi
Richmond, 1902The 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
- Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713680261
- BirdLife International 2004. Spilornis klossi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
Circaetinae Genus Terathopius Circaetus Spilornis Crested Serpent Eagle • South Nicobar Serpent Eagle • Mountain Serpent Eagle • Sulawesi Serpent Eagle • Philippine Serpent Eagle • Andaman Serpent EagleEutriorchis 
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