Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

Other Names (World)
Brown Snake-Eagle, Brown Harrier-Eagle, Brown Snake Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
71 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vieillot, 1818

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Senegambia east to northern Ethiopia and south to South Africa.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus) [XC694107]
by Donovan from Miombo on way to Kanjonde, Angola (uncertain)

Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus) [XC863207]
by id from Mafuta, Kafue, Lusaka Province, Zambia (call, flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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