Beaudouin's snake-eagle / Beaudouin-Schlangenadler (Circaetus beaudouini)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Circaetus (Circaetus); Subfamily True hawks (Accipitrinae); Family Accipitridae (Accipitridae)
General: Beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini) is a species of snake eagle in the family Accipitridae found in the Sahel region of west Africa. It forms a superspecies with the Palearctic short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus and the black-chested snake eagle Circaetus pectoralis.^[2] This bird seems to be declining in numbers and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as a "vulnerable species". [more]