Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Madagascar Serpent Eagle, Madagascar Serpent-Eagle
Common Names in French:
Serpentaire De Madagascar
Common Names in German:
Schlangenhabicht
Common Names in Japanese:
マダガスカルヘビワシ
Common Names in Russian:
Змееяд мадагаскарский
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: An elusive and wary denizen of lowland and mid-altitude primary
rainforest, it rarely, if ever, ventures beyond the forest
edge1,2,4. It is known to feed
on lizards7 (chameleons and geckos, which make up 83% of its diet
), frogs7 and is reported by local people to feed on small mammals and chickens, although this is probably confusion with Accipiter henstii1. It flies between subcanopy perches
, hunting for food on the ground
, possibly also taking reptiles
in the subcanopy. The first nest
to be found by scientists was in 19973 in an epiphytic fern 20 m
above the ground. In the only studied nest the clutch
size was 1, incubation
40+ days, nestling period 62 days, and the young dispersed at 15 weeks of age.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
()
- Genus:
Eutriorchis
()
- Sharpe 1875 PZS Pt1 p.73 pl.13
- Specific name:
astur
- Sharpe 1875 PZS Pt1 p.73pl.13
- Scientific name: - Eutriorchis astur Sharpe 1875
- Specific name:
astur
- Sharpe 1875 PZS Pt1 p.73pl.13
- Genus:
Eutriorchis
(
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eutriorchis
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
E. astur (Madagascar Serpent-Eagle)
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Further Reading
- A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Rserve naturelle intgrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1996. ENG url p. 182, p. 189, p. 190, p. 312.
- A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. ENG url p. 192, p. 196, p. 200, p. 282.
- A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) Comprising species and subspecies, described up to 1919, with their characters and distribution, by H. Kirke Swann. London, J. Wheldon, 1920. ENG url p. 76.
- Archiv fr Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 172, p. 35.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- Fauna och flora: populr tidskrift fr biologi. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1906-1967; SWE url p. 171, p. 226.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 189.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851445
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175512
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13847937
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175512
- IUCN ID: 8429
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: B09M
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3706
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
