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| Circaetus gallicus |
(Gmelin, 1788) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Short-toed snake-eagle |
Circačte Jean-le-Blanc |
Culebrera europea |
Schlangenadler |
| Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
Migratory in Palearctic; sedentary in India, Pakistan and Lesser Sundas. Most migrants winter in tropical N
Africa, from Senegambia to Ethiopia; E birds winter in Indian Subcontinent, occasionally in SE Asia.
Exceptional in winter in S Europe, N Africa and Middle East; more common in Arabian Peninsula. Most birds
leave Europe from mid-Sept to mid-Oct, returning during Mar and first half of Apr. Birds gather at crossing
points: main route between Africa and Europe passes over Straits of Gibraltar; between Africa and Asia over
Gulf of Suez. Vagrant to Malay Peninsula; one probable record from E Java. (del Hoyo J, Elliott
A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |