---
title: "Águia-cobreira"
description: "Circaetus gallicus — Aves. The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as the short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/short-toed-snake-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Águia-cobreira

> Circaetus gallicus — Aves. The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as the short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.

- Scientific name: *Circaetus gallicus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17161
- Wikidata: [Q170251](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170251)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5242](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5242)

## Names

- en: Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- de: Schlangenadler
- es: Culebrera europea
- fr: Circaète Jean-le-Blanc
- nl: Slangenarend
- pt: Águia-cobreira
- pl: Gadożer zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

FR (2965), ES (2840), IT (2009), PT (1083), IN (853), RU (754), IL (711), GR (497), DZ (385), UA (365), TR (336), GE (258)

## Summary

The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as the short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers. The genus name Circaetus is from the Ancient Greek kirkos, a type of hawk, and aetos, "eagle". The specific gallicus means "of Gallia".

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

## Photo

![Águia-cobreira](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/short-toed-snake-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Victor · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385436621

## Machine access

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