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Record details

BirdPix:   126114
Province:  
Country:   Liberia
Locus:   NW_006010BA
Observer:   Cassell C
Date of record:   2018-10-20
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   148
Species name:   Circaetus cinerascens
Common name:   Western Banded Snake-Eagle -- Enkelbandslangarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Hawk Eagle / Short-toes Snake Eagle
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-126114
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 126114 - photo: 1
VM-number: 126114 - photo: 2
VM-number: 126114 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   White rump, white windows on the upper-wings and the darker trailing edges on the wings are more typical of Western Banded Snake-Eagle. Sub-adult, showing brown blotches from the underwing "shoulders" to the lower breast. Also compare with juvenile Cassin's Hawk-Eagle (which could be in the area as well).
Date:   2020-09-04 06:44:13
Species name:   Circaetus cinerascens -- Western Banded Snake-Eagle; Enkelbandslangarend
Species code:   148

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