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Circaetus
Sign in to saveCircaetus, the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. They are mainly resident African species, but the migratory short-toed snake eagle breeds from the Mediterranean basin into Russia, the Middle East and India, and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and east to Indonesia.
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Circaetus is a taxon at the genus rank within the family Accipitridae. It belongs to the class Aves and the phylum Chordata. Different sources classify it under either the order Accipitriformes or Falconiformes. The genus was described by Vieillot in 1816 and holds an accepted status in taxonomic records.
One species within this group is the Short-toed Snake-Eagle. While iNaturalist lists the rank as species, other databases identify Circaetus as a genus. Records from iDigBio indicate specimens held by institutions including MNHN, NHMUK, and ANSP, with occurrences noted in Uganda. The taxon has been documented in various biological databases and is referenced by 174 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Collections
- MNHN, NHMUK, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Uganda
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy and species
- Fossil record
- References
Circaetus, the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. They are mainly resident African species, but the migratory short-toed snake eagle breeds from the Mediterranean basin into Russia, the Middle East and India, and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and east to Indonesia.
Snake eagles are found in open habitats like cultivated plains arid savanna, but require trees in which to build a stick nest. The single egg is incubated mainly or entirely by the female.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Circaetus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.