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Crested Serpent eagle


Crested Serpent eagle
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Copyright: Arjun Haarith (Arjun) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 3 N: 724] (3398)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D50, Sigma 70-300 mm f/4.0-5.6 APO DG
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): CeltickRanger's favorite Eagle photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-25 9:57
Viewed: 338
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Crested Serpent Eagle, Spilornis cheela is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.


at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.
Immature at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.The Crested Serpent Eagle can be found in a large geographical region from South Asia, including Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, to Southeast Asia, extending to southern China and Indonesia. This forest bird nests in treetops near fresh water. Its nests are constructed with sticks and contain not more than a single egg at a time.

The Crested Serpent Eagle is a medium large raptor at about 55-75cm in length. Adults have dark brown upperparts and head, and have a hooded appearance at rest. The underparts and underwing coverts are pale brown. In soaring flight, the broad wings are held in a shallow V. The tail and underside of the flight feathers are black with broad white bars. When perched, they appear large headed and owl-like due to the shape of the face and positioning of the eyes.

The call is a distinctive Kluee-wip-wip with the first note being high and rising. They call a lot in the late mornings from perches or as they rise on the thermals in the mornings.

Sexes are visually similar, but young birds have a whitish head, underparts and underwing, the latter showing darker barring.

The Crested Serpent Eagle, as its English and scientific names suggest, is a specialist reptile eater which hunts over woodland for snakes and lizards.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Genus: Spilornis

Species: S. cheela


Binomial name
Spilornis cheela

I shot this picture at Bandipur National park.This is my first specie of an Eagle in my collection
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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 993 W: 6 N: 2650] (9869)
  • [2008-06-25 10:50]

Hi Arjun,i like a lot this pic,very nice bird in his natural environment,excellents details and colors,maybe we can use that for the adverstising of a horror movie..ehehhe..thanks a lot for share,Luciano

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  • san Silver Note Writer [C: 6 W: 0 N: 21] (150)
  • [2008-06-25 18:48]

Hi Arjun,
Great picture of this scary carnivore, the colours blend very well and add to the elegance of the bird.
TFS
San

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  • nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 164 W: 21 N: 294] (1260)
  • [2008-06-25 23:01]

Hi arjun,
a good composition and exposure. it looks like the eagle moved its head while you exposed. other wise its pretty good to be your first of its kind. TFS.
nagraj.v

Hi Arjun,

Nice picture, though I would have loved more space around the bird for this pictorial compo.
TFS.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1199 W: 68 N: 2473] (8159)
  • [2008-06-26 10:39]

Hello Arjun,
Beautiful photo of this immature Crested Serpent Eagle. Very sharp. Maybe the head is a bit OOF. Good natural colours and composition.
Regards,
Peter

hello Arjun

excellent shot of this eagle, with very fine POV, DOF and framing,
excellent sharpness and details of its plumage,
and i love the expression of his eye, TFS

Asbed

Hola Arjun, una toma nitida, con buen color y bien iluminada. Gracias por tu último comentario y sacarme del error. Un saludo

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