Crested Serpent Eagle
Spilornis cheela perplexus
Photo: Paipateroma / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
A medium-sized eagle with a crest of head feathers. In Japan the subspecies lives on Ishigaki and Iriomote, hunting snakes and frogs around rice fields and woodland. It is scarce and a Special Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Spilornis cheela perplexus
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Okinawa
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Critically EndangeredMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- カンムリワシ
- 简体中文
- 蛇雕
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The Crested Serpent Eagle is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okinawa.
You can see the Crested Serpent Eagle at Okinawa Zoo & Museum, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
The Crested Serpent Eagle is listed as "Critically Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as カンムリワシ).
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