Beaudouin's Snake Eagle
Circaetus beaudouini
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircaetus (Snake-Eagles)
- SpeciesCircaetus beaudouini (Beaudouin's Snake Eagle)
Closest Relatives at Murchison Falls National Park
Banded Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinerascens
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Short-toed Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Palmnut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Beaudouin's Snake Eagle in Murchison Falls National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Beaudouin's Snake Eagle sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 49 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Beaudouin's Snake Eagle in Murchison Falls National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Beaudouin's Snake Eagle in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.