Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereusVieillot, LJP, 1818
English (US) Brown Snake Eagle
The Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus) 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: Senegambia to northern Ethiopia and southward to South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Circaetus cinereus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Snake Eagle
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1818
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1818
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 23 p.445
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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