Western Banded Snake Eagle

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When to see the Western Banded Snake Eagle

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Western Banded Snake Eagle

The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Togo.

About the Western Banded Snake Eagle

The western banded snake eagle is a grey-brown African raptor with a short tail and a large head. Juveniles have paler and browner upper parts than adults, with white-edged feathers. The eagle's head, neck and breast are dark-streaked. The underparts are white with pale brown streaks, mainly on belly and thighs. Subadults may be all dark grey-brown without any streak on underparts. The eyes, ears, and legs are yellow. They have crested chests.

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Easily confused with

Southern Banded Snake EagleCircaetus fasciolatusThe southern banded snake eagle is a rather small, stocky snake eagle with a large, rounded head which has a hooded beak. Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouiniThe bird has a wingspan of 170 cm (67 in). Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilisThis hawk is a medium-sized, slender species with short, rounded wings and a long, rounded tail.

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