Short-toed Snake Eagle

Circaetus gallicus - Circaète Jean-le-Blanc

Circaète Jean-le-Blanc
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Circaetus

  • Species
    :

    gallicus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 70 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 166 à 188 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1200 à 2300 g
Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Circaète Jean-le-Blanc
adult
Circaète Jean-le-Blanc
adult

Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Circaetus gallicus gallicus (sw Europe to c Asia, nw China and India; Lesser Sundas)
  • Circaetus gallicus sacerdotis ()

Foreign names

  • Circaète Jean-le-Blanc,
  • Culebrera europea,
  • águia-cobreira-eurasiática,
  • Schlangenadler,
  • kígyászölyv,
  • Slangenarend,
  • Biancone,
  • ormörn,
  • Slangeørn,
  • hadiar krátkoprstý,
  • orlík krátkoprstý,
  • Slangeørn,
  • käärmekotka,
  • àguila marcenca,
  • Snákerna,
  • gadożer (zwyczajny),
  • čūskērglis,
  • kačar,
  • Змееяд,
  • Elang-ular jari-pendek,
  • チュウヒワシ,
  • 短趾雕,
  • เหยี่ยวนิ้วสั้น,
  • 短趾鵰,

Voice song and call

Circaète Jean-le-Blanc
Second

Habitat

Circaète Jean-le-Blanc
adult

Forest : Temperate ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Desert : Hot

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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