Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

The Western Banded Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinerascens) is a 1.1 kg forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

1.1 kg

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in Uganda, Zambia, Gambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Senegal, Tanzania, Benin, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Chad, Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone.

Where to see it: South Luangwa NP (Zambia); Frontier Mine (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Liwonde National Park · Mvuu (Malawi); Liwonde National Park (Malawi); Majete Game Reserve (Malawi).

Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist