short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Query: Eagle

Result: 1707^th of 2262

Subject:	short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Circaëtus gallicus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18100243.jpg

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short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Circaëtus gallicus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon I p. 97 pl. 413
Old Latin name Circaëtus gallicus
New Latin name Circaetus gallicus
Common name Nederlands: Slangenarend
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circa%C3%ABtus_gallicus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100243.tif

The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Circaetus gallicus is an Old World species found throughout the Mediterranean basin, into Russia and the Middle East, and parts of Asia, mainly in the Indian Subcontinent and also further east in some Indonesian islands.

Eagle
1707/2262

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