Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

Crested Serpent Eagle in Bandipur.

Photographed at: Bandipur, Karnataka on 2016-01-26

Medium-sized raptor found all over the indian sub-continent. Gets its name from the long feathers at the back of its head that looks like a crest.

Family: Accipitridae

Name in Kannada: ಜುಟ್ಟಿಗ ಹಾವು ಗಿಡುಗ

Other Pictures of Crested Serpent Eagle

(Juvenile)

Eagle,