A Digital Reference Collection for the Wallace Project
Spilornis cheela pallidusWalden, 1872
Crested serpent-eagle (pallidus)
Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Sarawak? Label transcription: [No. Brit. Mus. Reg. 73.5.12.1728 Spiornis pallidus Wald. ? bacha ♀ Loc. Sarawak? Ex. Coll. Wallace / Figure Pl. ix fig of 1st vol cat Bos ly Sharpe. probably a Maly Pen escape not Borneo {...} 11]
NOTE: Species known to occur in Singapore. Imaged Wallace Specimen from Sarawak.