Brown Snake-eagle perched on top of a telegraph pole

iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (August 2009)

Also known as Brown Harrier Eagle.

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Brown Snake-eagle / Internet Bird Collection
Brown Snake-eagle / Bird Forum
Circaetus cinereus / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species