serpent-eagle

The crested serpent-eagle flies with the wings held very far back, so that it looks, as "Exile" says, like a large butterfly.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

One species -- the crested serpent-eagle (_Spilornis cheela_) -- is common in the Himalayas up to 8000 feet.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The exceptions are mainly insectivora, and such larger animals as the mythology of the Igorot says were once men -- as the monkey, serpent-eagle, crow, snake, etc.

The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

Family Common Name Species Accipitridae Nicobar serpent-eagle Spilornis minimus* Accipitridae Nicobar sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri* Megapodiidae Nicobar scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis** Columbidae Andaman wood-pigeon Columba palumboides Columbidae Andaman cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis Psittacidae Nicobar parakeet Psittacula caniceps* Strigidae Andaman hawk-owl Ninox affinis Sturnidae White-headed starling Sturnus erythropygius Pycnonotidae Nicobar bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis** An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Nicobar Islands rain forests 2008

Accipitridae Andaman serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini*

Andaman Islands rain forests 2008

Accipitridae Mountain serpent-eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis

Borneo montane rain forests 2007