Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircaetus (Snake-Eagles)
- SpeciesCircaetus pectoralis (Black-breasted Snake Eagle)
The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. It resembles other snake eagles and was formerly considered conspecific with the short-toed and Beaudouin's snake eagles, to which it is closely related. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Liwonde National Park
Banded Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinerascens
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Palmnut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Wahlberg's Eagle
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-breasted Snake Eagle at Liwonde National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there