Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,603
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-chested snake eagle”.