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Adult © Kyle Kittelberger eBird S50182854 Macaulay Library ML 139016351
Adult © Peter Steward
Adult © Bradley Hacker 🦜
Immature © Peter Steward
Adult (with Pied Crow) © John Mark Simmons

Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens

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Identification

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Chunky, dark brown raptor with barred underparts. Shows a single broad white band through the tail which is conspicuous in flight. Found in and around forest and thick woodland, often near water. Sits for long periods and doesn’t often soar. Generally scarce and uncommon across its range. Call is a weird, strangled “whaaat-hooooa.” Very similar to Fasciated Snake-Eagle, but doesn’t overlap in range. Somewhat similar to African Cuckoo-Hawk, but larger and chunkier, with a dark brown rather than gray head.

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