Beaudouin's snake eagle

Beaudouin's snake eagle
Perched adult bird near Kampanti, Gambia.
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Circaetus
Species:	C. beaudouini
Binomial name
Circaetus beaudouini Verreaux & Des Murs, 1862

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.^[2] This bird seems to be declining in numbers and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as a "vulnerable species".