Short-toed Snake-eagle – Circaetus gallicus – is a medium-large eagle of the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes and Type – diurnal-raptor. It is a summer migrant across Eurasia from Portugal to eastern Kazakhstan, with the notable exception of Central Europe. It is also a summer visitor to the Maghreb, the Levant, and the northern Middle East. The wintering area is the Sahel. There is a separate resident population across the Indian sub-continent.
Type – diurnal-raptor – nests in trees,
Habitat summer – plains, scrub, foothills,
Habitat winter – the Sahel
Order..: Acciptriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Circaetus
Species - Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Snake-eagle - Species - ebird.org Short-toed Snake-eagle - Species Fact Sheet - birdlife.org Short-toed Snake-eagle - Species Sheet - wikipedia.org Short-toed Snake-eagle - Species Sheet - eagledirectory.org Short-toed Snake-eagle - Range & Calls - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Short-toed Snake-eagle - Images - google.ae Short-toed Snake-eagle - Ecology - rufford.org Short-toed Snake-eagle - Habitat - onlinelibrary.wiley.com Short-toed Snake-eagle - Video - youtube.com Short-toed Snake-eagle - Redlist status - iucnredlist.org/
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