Crested Serpent Eagle vs Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Spilornis cheela compared with Balantiopteryx infusca

Key Differences

• Crested Serpent Eagle is Least Concern while Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Serpent Eagle	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Emballonuridae
Genus	Spilornis	Balantiopteryx
Species	Spilornis cheela	Balantiopteryx infusca

Evolutionary Relationship

Crested Serpent Eagle and Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Crested Serpent Eagle

LC — Least Concern

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Serpent Eagle	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Serpent Eagle

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.