Included on the endangered species list, the crested serpent eagle is a subspecies unique to Taiwan. It most often appears in broadleaf mountain forests at low and medium elevations, but it can also be spotted sometimes hovering above the outskirts of cities in search of snakes, its favorite prey.
被列入保育名單的大冠鷲是台灣特有亞種，多出現在中低海拔山區闊葉林地帶，都市近郊偶而可以看到牠們在天空盤旋，四處搜尋蛇類的蹤影，由於最愛吃蛇，又被稱為「蛇鷹」。