Snake-Eagles

Circaetus

Circaetus, the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kirkos, a type of hawk, and aetos, "eagle".

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

speciesCircaetus gallicus

Brown Snake-Eagle

speciesCircaetus cinereus

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

speciesCircaetus pectoralis

Western Banded Snake-Eagle

speciesCircaetus cinerascens

Southern Banded Snake Eagle

speciesCircaetus fasciolatus

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

speciesCircaetus beaudouini

Congo Snake-Eagle

speciesCircaetus spectabilis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5239.