Beaudouin's Snake Eagle
Circaetus beaudouiniVerreaux, JP; des Murs, MAPO, 1862
English (US) Beaudouin's Snake Eagle
The Beaudouin's Snake Eagle (Circaetus beaudouini) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: southwestern Mauritania southward to Guinea, eastward to southwestern Sudan and western South Sudan, possibly to northern UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Circaetus beaudouini
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP; des Murs, MAPO, 1862
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Circaëtus beaudouini
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP; des Murs, MAPO, 1862
- Type locality
- Bissau, Portuguese Guinea.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.1, vol.4, no.15 p.212 pl.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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