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Beaudouin's snake eagle

Circaetus beaudouini J. Verreaux & des Murs, 1862

VUVulnerablebirds of prey

The beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.66 kg to 1.77 kg and live up to 17.3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the beaudouin's snake eagle

Weight
1.66 kg – 1.77 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.55 m – 1.7 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
17.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
46.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3 years – 3.49 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the beaudouin's snake eagle?

BEAUDOUIN'S SNAKE EAGLE · WINGSPAN 1.7 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.7 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the beaudouin's snake eagle is close to the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the beaudouin's snake eagle live?

Not recorded

What is the beaudouin's snake eagle?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini) is a species of snake eagle in the family Accipitridae found in the Sahel region of west Africa. It forms a superspecies with the Palearctic short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus and the black-chested snake eagle Circaetus pectoralis. This bird seems to be declining in numbers and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as a "vulnerable species".

From the Wikipedia article “Beaudouin's snake eagle” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaudouin%27s_snake_eagle&oldid=1380740011), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the beaudouin's snake eagle endangered?

The beaudouin's snake eagle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the beaudouin's snake eagle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusCircaetus
  7. SpeciesCircaetus beaudouini J. Verreaux & des Murs, 1862

Synonyms Circaetus beaudonini, Circaetus gallicus beaudouini

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Beaudouin's snake-eagleEnglish
  • BESEEnglish
  • Skoulerer BeaudouinBreton
  • Sepentari del SahelCatalan
  • àguila serpera del SahelCatalan
  • orlík savanovýCzech
  • Sahel SlangeørnDanish
  • BeaudouinschlangenadlerGerman
  • Beaudouin-SchlangenadlerGerman
  • sahela serpentagloEsperanto
  • Boduina serpentagloEsperanto
  • Culebrera sudanesaSpanish
  • saheli madukotkasEstonian
  • عقاب مارخور بودونPersian
  • sahelinkäärmekotkaFinnish
  • Circaète de BeaudouinFrench
  • sahelski zmijarCroatian
  • Beaudouin-kígyászölyvHungarian
  • Biancone di BeaudouinItalian
  • ボードワンチュウヒワシJapanese
  • Bodueno gyvatėdisLithuanian
  • Beaudouins SlangenarendDutch
  • guineaslangeørnNorwegian
  • gadożer prążkowanyPolish
  • águia-cobreira-da-guinéPortuguese
  • águia-cobreira-de-cinzentaPortuguese
  • águia-cobreira-sahelianaPortuguese
  • Змееяд БодуэнаRussian
  • Бодузнов змееядRussian
  • Сахельский змееядRussian
  • hadiar čiarkovýSlovak
  • Bjuduinov zmijarSerbian
  • sahelormörnSwedish
  • Beaudouins ormörnSwedish
  • Beaudouin Yılan KartalıTurkish
  • змієїд африканськийUkrainian
  • 西非短趾雕Chinese
  • 波多氏短趾鵰Chinese

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Relatives of the beaudouin's snake eagle

Other species in the same genus Circaetus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the beaudouin's snake eagle?

An adult beaudouin's snake eagle weighs 1.66 kg – 1.77 kg and has a wingspan of 1.55 m – 1.7 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the beaudouin's snake eagle endangered?

The beaudouin's snake eagle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the beaudouin's snake eagle live?

The beaudouin's snake eagle has a recorded lifespan of 17.3 years.

What kind of animal is the beaudouin's snake eagle?

The beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{beaudouins_snake_eagle_2026,
  title = {Beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beaudouins-snake-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}