18 Different Types of Eagles Present In the World With Pictures

Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela): The crested serpent eagle is a large, heavy-set eagle. The white-tipped crest feathers give this type of eagle the impression of a large head. When startled, the eagle fluffs the feathers around its head. They have a yellow mask and unfeathered yellow legs. Most are between 19.6 to 29 in long, weigh 1.06 to 3.96 lbs, and have wingspans of 3.48 to 5.54 ft. They have a rufous-brown body, white spots under the large rounded wing, and black tips on white flight feathers. These eagles live up to 50 years and occur through most of Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, where they occupy areas between sea level and 6562 feet. They frequent agricultural fields and soar over densely-wooded hills and forests, mangroves, rocky hilltops, savannas, and areas close to villages. Their preferred food is tree snakes, eels, frogs/toads, lizards, small mammals, and birds. These types of eagles hunt from a perch and ambush prey. While mostly solitary or in pairs, they occasionally aggregate in groups of four or five, where they are quite noisy. Occasionally the crested serpent eagle lays eggs in other raptors' deserted nests. Their conservation status is least concern. These eagles are a bit of a scientific conundrum; while some scientists believe that there are around 21 subspecies, others argue that some of the subspecies should be separate species of eagle.