Black-chested Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis - Circaète à poitrine noire
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Circaetus
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Species:
pectoralis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 71 cm
- Wingspan: 160 à 185 cm.
- Weight: 1178 à 2260 g
Geographic range
Identification
Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Circaète à poitrine noire,
- Culebrera pechinegra,
- águia-cobreira-de-peito-preto,
- Schwarzbrust-Schlangenadler,
- feketemellű kígyászölyv,
- Zwartborstslangenarend,
- Biancone pettonero,
- svartbröstad ormörn,
- Svartbrystslangeørn,
- hadiar bielobruchý,
- orlík tmavoprsý,
- Hvidbuget Slangeørn,
- savannikäärmekotka,
- Swartborsslangarend,
- àguila serpera pitnegra,
- gadożer białobrzuchy,
- Черногрудый змееяд,
- ムナグロチュウヒワシ,
- 黑胸短趾雕,
- 黑胸短趾鵰,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Desert : Hot
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- Roberts Bird Guide, Hugh Chittenden
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes