Philippine Serpent Eagle

Taxobox
name = Philippine Serpent Eagle
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Spilornis"
species = "S. holospilus"
binomial = "Spilornis holospilus"
binomial_authority =Vigors, 1831

The Philippine Serpent Eagle is an eagle found in the major islands of the Philippines. It is sometimes treated as a race of the Crested Serpent Eagle ("Spilornis cheela"). "Spilornis holospilus" is usually found in forest clearings, open woodlands, and sometimes in cultivated lands with scattered trees.

On January 18, 2008, a Philippine serpent eagle was rescued in a forest in Barangay Laylaya, Besao, Mountain Province. It suffered a right-wing gunshot wound, damaging a bone (similar to a bird caught at Lake Danum, Sagada in 2000). Another serpent eagle rescued in the Cordillera died three days after it was brought to the custody of the PAWB years ago. [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=106349 Abs-Cbn Interactive, Philippine eagle rescued in Mt. Province] ]

References

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49352/all IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Spilornis holospilus]
* [http://www.birdforum.net/bird_view.php?bid=6030 Philippine Serpent Eagle — Spilornis holospilus]

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