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 Samburu National Reserve
Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus gabar
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
📅 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 Samburu National Reserve?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Brown Snake Eagle sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 115 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Snake Eagle in Samburu National Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Brown Snake Eagle in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.