Western Banded Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinerascensMüller, JW, 1851
English (US) Western Banded Snake Eagle
The Western Banded Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinerascens) 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: savanna and thornscrub of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Circaetus cinerascens
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Banded Snake Eagle
- Described by
- Müller, JW, 1851
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Circaëtus cinerascens
- Described by
- Müller, JW, 1851
- Type locality
- Sennar.
- Original description
- Naumannia 1 Heft4 p.27
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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