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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".
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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.