Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle (Circaetus beaudouini)
French: Circaète de Beaudouin
German: Beaudouin Schlangenadler
Spanish: Culebrera Sudanesa
Other common names: Beaudouin's Harrier eagle
Taxonomy: Circaëtus beaudouini J. Verreaux and Des Murs, 1862, Bissau, Guinea Bissau.
Often considered conspecific with C. gallicus and C. pectoralis, as some mixed pairs occur; these three species form superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mauritania and Senegambia E to SW Sudan, N Uganda and NW Kenya.
- Vulnerable
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A bird perched in a tree Imi, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 3 years ago 41 sec 2.6
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A perched Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle. Makasutu, The Gambia
Steve Garvie 13 October 2008 11 weeks ago 4.5 -
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle in flight showing the symmetrical clean pencilled-markings on the pale wing linings. Tendaba, The Gambia
Steve Garvie 28 November 2005 11 weeks ago 4 -
Male in a tree Benin (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 28 January 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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