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Black-chested Snake Eagle
Sign in to saveAlso known as Circaetus pectoralis, black-breasted snake eagle
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernBlack-chested Snake-Eagle
species
Observations2,044
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black-chested Snake Eagle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.