Species

Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, 1788)

Common names:

Short-toed Snake Eagle,

madukotkas

Metazoa ❯Bilateria ❯Chordata ❯Vertebrata ❯Aves ❯Accipitriformes ❯Accipitridae ❯Circaetus ❯Circaetus gallicus

I protection category. Regional IUCN Red List category: Critically Endangered.

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Occurrences

Total records	95 ( 68 observations, 7 specimens, 20 refbased )
Total species	1
Records in Estonia	92 ( 68 observations, 4 specimens, 20 refbased )
Species in Estonia	1
First occurrence in Estonia	1883-06-04
Latest occurrence in Estonia	2026-07-19
First occurrence in Estonia this year	2026-06-06

Species lists

Estonian birds,

Estonian species,

Protected species of Estonia, category I,

Rare birds in Estonia,

Red List species in Estonia,

Red list: Critically Endangered

Accepted name

Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, 1788)

Common names

madukotkas Estonian,

Käärmekotka Finnish,

Čūskērglis Latvian,

Slangeørn Danish,

Ormörn Swedish,

Gyvatėdis Lithuanian,

Short-toed Snake Eagle English,

Slangeørn Norwegian,

slangeørn Norwegian Bokmål,

slangeørn Norwegian Nynorsk

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