Crested Serpent Eagle – Spilornis cheela is a marvellous raptor that predominantly hunts snakes and rodents in agricultural areas especially beside rivers and canals. The bird figures in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species 2016. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. This picture of the Crested Serpent Eagle was captured by SOM photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav at Bandipur.