short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

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Subject:	short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
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Short-toed Eagle - Circaetus brachydactylus (Vieill)

Illustration of Circateus brachydactylus (Vieill) (Short-toed Eagle)
Date 1837
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/9398527477
Author John Gould
Full title The birds of Europe.
Source John Gould: The Birds of Europe, vol. 1 pl. 13
Author Ed Lear ("E. Lear del at lith")
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_birds_of_Europe_(9398527477).jpg

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.

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