---
title: "Águia-cobreira-de-peito-preto"
description: "Circaetus pectoralis — Aves. The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-chested-snake-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Águia-cobreira-de-peito-preto

> Circaetus pectoralis — Aves. The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Circaetus pectoralis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2175
- Wikidata: [Q264142](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264142)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5240](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5240)

## Names

- en: Black-chested Snake-Eagle
- de: Schwarzbrust-Schlangenadler
- es: Culebrera pechinegra
- fr: Circaète à poitrine noire
- nl: Zwartborstslangenarend
- pt: Águia-cobreira-de-peito-preto
- pl: Gadożer białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (964), KE (290), NA (256), TZ (230), BW (113), ZW (59), ZM (53), MW (36), MZ (25), ET (24), UG (22), AO (9)

## Summary

The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. It resembles other snake eagles and was formerly considered conspecific with the short-toed and Beaudouin's snake eagles, to which it is closely related.

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

## Photo

![Águia-cobreira-de-peito-preto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-chested-snake-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226758987

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-chested-snake-eagle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).