Great Nicobar serpent eagle
Great Nicobar serpent eagle | |
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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 (2016). "Spilornis klossi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-8026-1
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