Circaetus gallicus gallicus (Short-toed Snake-Eagle (gallicus))

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Short-toed Snake-Eagle (gallicus)

Circaetus gallicus gallicus (Gmelin, JF 1788)

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Classification

Order:
  Accipitriformes
Family:
  Accipitridae
Genus:
   Circaetus
Scientific:
  Circaetus gallicus 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:
AA647E90EFED543A

Avibase ID:
avibase-AA647E90

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AA647E90

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

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Short-toed Snake-Eagle (gallicus)
French:
Circaète Jean-le-Blanc (gallicus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Short-toed Snake-Eagle (gallicus) ( Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Short-toed Snake-Eagle (gallicus) ( Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Short-toed Snake-Eagle (gallicus) ( Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Short-toed Snake-Eagle (nominate) ( Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Short-toed Snake-Eagle (nominate) ( Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Short-toed Snake-Eagle (nominate) ( Circaetus gallicus gallicus)
Clements, version 2021: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Circaetus gallicus gallicus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Circaetus gallicus

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