short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Query: iconographia zoologica

Result: 391^st of 1524

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

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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Circaëtus gallicus
Date 1790-1796
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Martinet, Histoire des oiseaux, peints dans tous leurs aspects, pl. 66
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_-_1790-1796_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100245.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.

iconographia zoologica
391/1524

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