Short-toed snake eagle

Short-toed snake eagle
	In flight with prey - Trentino-South-Tyrol, Italy
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Circaetus
Species:	C. gallicus
Binomial name
	Circaetus gallicus; (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Subspecies
	C. g. gallicus - (Gmelin, JF, 1788); C. g. sacerdotis - Ng, N, Christidis, Olsen, Norman & Rheindt, 2017;
	Range of C. gallicus Breeding Resident Passage Non-breeding

The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as the short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers. The genus name Circaetus is from the Ancient Greek kirkos, a type of hawk, and aetos, "eagle". The specific gallicus means "of Gallia".

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