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title: "Bateleur"
description: "Terathopius ecaudatus — Birds. The bateleur (; Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bateleur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bateleur

> Terathopius ecaudatus — Birds. The bateleur (; Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Terathopius ecaudatus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 5555
- Wikidata: [Q726387](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726387)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5231](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5231)

## Names

- en: Bateleur
- de: Gaukler
- es: Águila volatinera
- fr: Bateleur des savanes
- nl: Bateleur
- pt: Águia-sem-rabo
- pl: Kuglarz

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2411), TZ (575), KE (573), BW (403), NA (253), UG (223), ZM (157), MW (120), ZW (108), MZ (68), BJ (59), GH (46)

## Summary

The bateleur (; Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is often considered a relative of the snake eagles and, like them, it is classified within the subfamily Circaetinae. It is the only member of the genus Terathopius and may be the origin of the "Zimbabwe Bird", the national emblem of Zimbabwe. Adult bateleurs are generally black in colour with a chestnut colour on the mantle as well as on the rump and tail. Adults also have gray patches about the leading edges of the wings (extending to the secondaries in females) with bright red on their…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateleur

## Photo

![Bateleur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bateleur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177593901

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bateleur?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).