Apart from the Asian green snake, almost all the other snakes to be found in Taiwan-such as the Chinese habu, Taiwan beauty snake, rat snake, stink snake, Taipei ground snake, and Taiwan kukri-also find their way onto the eagles 'menu.
相較於老鼠、蚯蚓、青蛙，蛇的體型最符合大冠鷲的食量。除了青蛇，龜殼花、錦蛇、南蛇、臭青母、金絲蛇、赤背松柏根，大冠鷲幾乎將蛇類一網打盡。