Black-chested snake eagle
| Black-chested snake eagle | |
|---|---|
| With a snake Awash National Park, Ethiopia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Circaetus |
| Species: | C. pectoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Circaetus pectoralis A. Smith, 1829 | |
The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. It resembles other snake eagles and was formerly considered conspecific with the short-toed and Beaudouin's snake eagles, to which it is closely related.
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