Black-chested snake eagle

Black-chested snake eagle
With a snake
Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species:
C. pectoralis
Binomial name
Circaetus pectoralis
A. Smith, 1829

The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. It resembles other snake eagles and was formerly considered conspecific with the short-toed and Beaudouin's snake eagles, to which it is closely related.[2][3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Circaetus pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734223A95079134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734223A95079134.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Clark, William S. (1999). "Plumage differences and taxonomic status of three similar Circaetus snake-eagles" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 119 (1): 56–59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-30 – via globalraptors.org.
  3. ^ Clark, William S.; Fisher, David; Finch, Brian; de Bruijn, Bernd; Shani, Itai (2005). "Status of Beaudouin's Circaetus beaudouini and Short-toed Snake Eagles C. gallicus in Kenya" (PDF). Bulletins of the African Bird Club. 12 (2): 150–152. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-30 – via globalraptors.org.