Congo Serpent Eagle

Dryotriorchis spectabilis - Serpentaire du Congo

Serpentaire du Congo
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Dryotriorchis

  • Species
    :

    spectabilis

Descriptor

Schlegel, 1863

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 60 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 94 à 106 cm.
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Serpentaire du Congo
adult
Serpentaire du Congo
adult

Congo Serpent Eagle (Dryotriorchis spectabilis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Dryotriorchis spectabilis spectabilis (Sierra Leone and Liberia to n Cameroon)
  • Dryotriorchis spectabilis batesi (s Cameroon to s Sudan, c DRCongo and nw Angola)

Foreign names

  • Serpentaire du Congo,
  • Culebrera congoleña,
  • águia-cobreira-do-congo,
  • Kongoschlangenadler,
  • kongói gyíkászhéja,
  • Congolese Slangenarend,
  • Serpentario del Congo,
  • kongoormörn,
  • Kongoslangehauk,
  • hadiar dlhochvostý,
  • orlík jestřábovitý,
  • Slangehøg,
  • kongonkäärmehaukka,
  • àguila serpera del Congo,
  • gadożer kongijski,
  • Конголезский змееяд,
  • ヘビワシ,
  • 刚果蛇雕,
  • 剛果蛇鵰,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 19-10-2022
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