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Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: From above
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: From above
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: Dark head
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: Dark head
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: Dark head and banded underwings
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: Dark head and banded underwings
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: What is that????
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: What is that????
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Sierra nevada, Andalusia, Spain
Remarks: Owlish head
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Sierra nevada, Andalusia, Spain
Remarks: Owlish head
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: Dark head and banded underwings
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Spanish pyrenees
Remarks: Dark head and banded underwings
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain
Remarks: Owlish head
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus gallicus
Dutch name: Slangenarend
Common name: Short-toed eagle
Location: Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain
Remarks: Owlish head
Field characteristics
Short-toed eagles are 62 - 69 cm and have a wingspan of 1,62m to 1,78m. It is a middle-sized eagle with a relatively heavy, owlish head (with big yellow eyes). In all plumages this eagle has a very light underside, with in most cases a dark head, altough also birds with a light head occur. The wings are long and broad, without dark wrist patches on the underwings. In flight the wrists are held in a characteristic hooked position. The tail is relatively long, sharply hooked and cut straight, banded with a number of small dark bands and a dark terminal band.
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