Circaetus fasciolatus (Southern banded snake-eagle) 

Dubbelbandslangarend [Afrikaans]; Grijze slangenarend [Dutch]; Circaète barré [French]; Graubrust-schlangenadler [German]; Águia-cobreira-barrada [Portuguese]

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Circaetus fasciolatus (Southern banded snake-eagle) Circaetus fasciolatus (Southern banded snake-eagle) 

Southern banded snake-eagle, Gwalagwala forest, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [photo Johan van Rensburg ©]

Southern banded snake-eagle. [photo Johan van Rensburg ©]

Distribution of Southern banded snake-eagle in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2.  

 

 

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