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Beaudouin's Snake Eagle - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Steve G
Near Kwinella, The Gambia, October 2008
Circaetus beaudouini

Identification

Look for the thin parallel dark lines going from the body onto underwing coverts on the flying adult bird. In addition, wings are a little shorter.

Similar Species

Here is a thread which briefly dicusses the ID and how to distiguish from Short-toed Eagle. [[1]]

Distribution

Photo by Steve G
Makasutu in The Gambia, November 2005

Africa.
Found from Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.[1]
Formerly regarded as a subspecies of Short-toed Eagle.

Habitat

Open savannah woodland

Behaviour

Frequently hovers like its congener Short-toed Snake Eagle C. gallicus.

Diet

Hunts for snakes & lizards

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BF Member observations

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