Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species is uncommon and is endemic to Nicobar Islands of India. It inhabits grasslands and canopies of the evergreen forests (up to 600m) (BirdLife International 2016).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species declining and its current population size is unknown. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat disturbance due to agricultral and commercial developments (BirdLife International 2016).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total |
BirdLife International 2016. Spilornis klossi . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22729465A95016577. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22729465A95016577.en. Accessed on 15 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Spilornis klossi Richmond, 1902 – Nicobar Serpent Eagle. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/spilornis-klossi, accessed 2024/09/07.