Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Black-chested Snake-Eagle*
Id (Atlas):
Circaetus pectoralis
Vagrant
Description (10 )
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
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Other Names (World)
Black-chested Snake-Eagle, Black-breasted Snake-Eagle, Black-breasted Harrier-Eagle, Black-chested Snake Eagle
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
68 cm
First Described (Guide )
A. Smith, 1829
Habitat
Open areas of savannah and steppe, deserts, and clearings in woodland. From sea-level - 3,400 m.
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Eastern Sudan and Ethiopia south to South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Listen to XC57552
Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis ) [XC57552 ]
by id from Awash National Park, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus ) (including beaudouini ) and Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis ) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) were previously lumped into Circaetus gallicus following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). Following a review by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group all three are now considered distinct species based on evidence provided by Clark (1999) and Kemp (1994).
Often considered conspecific with Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus ) and Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle (Circaetus beaudouini ), and these three species form superspecies.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
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