The western banded snake eagle is a grey-brown African raptor with a short tail and a large head. Juveniles have paler and browner upper parts than adults, with white-edged feathers. The eagle's head, neck and breast are dark-streaked. The underparts are white with pale brown streaks, mainly on belly and thighs. Subadults may be all dark grey-brown without any streak on underparts. The eyes, ears, and legs are yellow. They have crested chests. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Müller, JW 1851
Reference:
Naumannia
1 Heft4 p.27
Protonym:
Circaëtus cinerascens
Type locality:
Sennar.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2374478#page/341/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
4327F813018F6D37
Avibase ID:
avibase-4327F813
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4327F813
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175499
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Circaète cendré ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Circaète cendré ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 1st edition: Banded Harrier Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2021: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2022: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2023: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2024: Western Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 3rd edition: Smaller Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 4th edition: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2015: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2016: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2017: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2018: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Clements, version 2019: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 1.50: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 1.52: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 1.53: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 1.54: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 1.55: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2015: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2016: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2017: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2018: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2019: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2021: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2022: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2023: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
eBird version 2024: Western Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Smaller Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Smaller Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Western Banded Snake-eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Western Banded Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Smaller Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Circaetus cinerascens |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Circaëtus cinerascens |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Circaetus cinerascens |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Banded Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus cinerascens) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Circaetus cinerascens |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Circaetus cinerascens |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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