Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircaetus (Snake-Eagles)
- SpeciesCircaetus cinereus (Brown Snake Eagle)
Closest Relatives at Etosha National Park
Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus gabar
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
White-headed Vulture
Trigonoceps occipitalis
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Cape Griffon
Gyps coprotheres
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Snake Eagle in Etosha National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Brown Snake Eagle sighting in Etosha National Park, based on 42 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Snake Eagle in Etosha National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Brown Snake Eagle in Etosha National Park in our monthly data.