Southern Banded Snake Eagle

The Southern Banded Snake-eagle or Fasciated Snake-eagle is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Southern Banded Snake Eagle is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

Southern banded snake eagle! It was gliding slowly, and surprisingly low over the canopy directly above my head, and I had at least five seconds of perfect, uninterrupted visibility. Luckily, I had my binoculars in my hand so got several seconds of perfect, up-close viewing. Because the southern banded snake eagle is listed on the IUCN red list as near-threatened, all of us here are trained on its identification specifically for this reason. More

The southern banded snake eagle is listed on the IUCN red list as near-threatened, so all of us here are trained on its identification specifically so that we can be certain if we do happen to spot one. Matt clearly identified the thinly barred body and wing linings, the plain brown head and upper chest, and the tail with the four brown bands. More

Southern Banded Snake Eagle Spotted in Shimoni Forest Category: Birds, Coastal Forest, Shimoni Forest, Southern Banded Snake Eagle Date: July 13th 2009 By: gvikenya Today in Shimoni East Forest was a particularly special one for us here on the south coast of Kenya. There were the usual vegetation and habitat surveys being conducted, as well as the primate community surveys which provided some wonderful sightings of the Angolan black and white colobus monkey. More