Philippine Serpent Eagle (Spilornis holospilus)

[dolina]

Philippine Serpent Eagle (Spilornis holospilus) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

A fairly large, common raptor of forest and more open wooded areas from the lowlands to the lower mountains. Dark brown with white speckles on the crown and upperparts, rufous-brown below with large white spots. Note the gray cheek and yellow eye. Differs from other raptors in its range by its bare yellow skin between the bill and eye, and in flight by its dark terminal band to the wings and tail. Often gives a whistled “weeeeeuuuu weu weu” in flight, or sometimes just a single note.

Source: https://ebird.org/species/phseag1?siteLanguage=en_PH

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/n5GvwxYbtPMLZ8WD6

[David_MC]

Beautiful bird. Excellent shot. I like how the bird is kinda framed by the branches.

[Isac]

Nice work on this one Paolo. You've got lovely rich colours on the bird and I like the darker environment.

[wigz]

Excellent shot Paolo. I agree with Isac about the rich colours and darker tone.

[avkomp]

good work on this one, the darker lass cluttered background makes this one stand out well in comparison to some of the busy stuff we have seen recently.