Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini] (Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle)

Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini] (= Circaetus gallicus) (Gmelin, JF 1788)

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Classification

Order:
  Accipitriformes
Family:
  Accipitridae
Genus:
   Circaetus
Scientific:
  Circaetus gallicus

Original description

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Falco gallicus

Type locality:
France.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/271/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
5727D39CE9FA7819

Avibase ID:
avibase-5727D39C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5727D39C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175502

Geographic range:

Circaetus gallicus gallicus: breeds northwestern Africa and southern Europe, north to Estonia, southward to the Levant, and eastward to Kazakhstan, also locally Arabian Peninsula, northern China, and Mongolia; also resident in South Asia (Pakistan, Nepal, and India); western populations winter in the Sahel (Senegal and southwestern Mauritania to Ethiopia and western Kenya), eastern populations winter in South Asia
Circaetus gallicus sacerdotis: Lesser Sundas (Lombok to Tanimbar); reported also eastern Java and Bali, where perhaps only a nonbreeding visitor
Circaetus beaudouini: southwestern Mauritania southward to Guinea, eastward to southwestern Sudan and western South Sudan, possibly to northern Uganda

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
French:
Circaète Jean-le-Blanc ou C. de Beaudouin

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Short-toed or Beaudoin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Short-toed or Beaudoin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Short-toed or Beaudoin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Short-toed or Beaudoin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Short-toed or Beaudoin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini])
Clements 4th edition: Short-toed Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Short-toed Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Short-toed Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Short-toed Snake-Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Circaetus [gallicus, beaudouini or pectoralis]

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Afrikaans: Swartborsslangarend
Arabic: عقاب ابو الحيات, عقاب الحيات
Asturian: Aigla Cande
Azerbaijani: Adi ilanyeyən
Belarusian: Арлан-вужаед
Bulgarian: Орел змияр
Bengali: খাটোআঙুল সাপঈগল
Breton: Ar skoulerer hañv
Catalan: Àguila marcenca
Catalan (Balears): Àguila marcenca
Czech: Orlík krátkoprstý
Welsh: Eryr byrfys
Danish: Slangeørn
German: Schlangenadler, Schwarzbrust-Schlang
Greek: Φιδαετός
Greek (Cypriot): Φιδαετός
English: European Snake Buzzard, European Snake-eagle, Serpent Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Short-toed Harrier-eagle, Short-toed or Beaudoin's Snake-Eagle, Short-toed or Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Snake Buzzard, Snake Eagle
Esperanto: Serpentaglo
Spanish: Aguila Culebrera, Águila culebrera, Águila Culebrera Europea, Culebrera Europea
Estonian: Madukotkas
Basque: Àguila marcenca, Arrano sugezalea
Finnish: Käärmekotka
French: Circaète Jean-le-Blanc, Circaète Jean-le-Blanc ou C. de Beaudouin, Vautour fauve
Galician: Aguia cobreira, Àguila marcenca
Hebrew: חויאי, חיוואי, חיוויאי, חיוויאי הנחשים, חיויאי
Croatian: Zmijar
Hungarian: Kígyászölyv
Armenian: [Odzaker Artsiv ], Օձակեր Արծիվ, Օջակեր Արծիվ
Indonesian: Elangular Jari-pendek
Icelandic: Snákerna
Italian: Biancone, Biancone eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): chouhiwashi, chuuhiwashi
Japanese: チュウヒワシ, チョウヒウァシ
Japanese (Kanji): 沢鵟鷲
Georgian: გველიჭამია არწივი, ძერაბოტი
Kazakh: Жыланжегіш бүркіт, Жыланжегіш қыран
Kazakh (Transliteration): jılan-jegiş bürqit
Scientific: Circaetus [gallicus or beaudouini], Circaetus ferox, Circaetus gallicus, Circaetus gallicus ferox, Circaetus gallicus gallicus, Falco gallicus
Luxembourgish: Schlaangenadler
Lithuanian: Gyvatedis, Gyvatėdis
Latvian: Čūskērglis
Macedonian: Орел змијар
Mongolian: Могойч загалай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠮᠣᠭᠠᠢᠴᠢ ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠯᠣᠣᠰᠴᠢ ᠰᠠᠷ
Mongolian (Transliteration): lusch sar
Malay: Helang Ular
Maltese: Ajkla Bajda
Nepali: सर्पहारी चील
Dutch: Slangearend, Slangenarend
Norwegian: Slangeørn
Polish: gadozer, gadożer, gadożer zwyczajny
Pinyin: duǎn-zhǐ diāo
Portuguese: àguia cobreira, Águia-cobreira, Àguia-cobreira
Romansh: Evla alva
Romanian: Şerpar
Russian: Zmeeyad, Змееяд, Змеяед, Обыкновенный змееяд
Slovak: hadiar krátkoprstý
Slovenian: kacar, orel kacar
Albanian: Shqiponja gjarpërngrënëse
Serbian: orao zmijar, Орао змијар
Swedish: Ormörn
Tamil: Onan Kothi Kazhugu
Thai: เหยี่ยวนิ้วสั้น
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw níw-sân
Turkish: Yılan Kartalı, yylan kartaly
Ukrainian: Змiєїд, Змієїд , Крачун
Vietnamese: Diều ngón ngắn
Chinese: 短趾雕, 短趾鵰
Chinese (Traditional): 短趾鵰