Scientific name: Circaetus cinereus
Their plumage is entirely brown, but some of them could have some white feathers.
The brown snake eagle is of average size, compared with larger species and reaching only 60-70 centimeters in height.
In southern Africa, it is locally common across Mozambique, northern and eastern South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the northern half of Namibia (including the Caprivi Strip). It generally prefers more wooded habitats such as Kalahari thornveld.
It mainly eats snakes, doing most of its hunting from a perch, dropping onto prey from above and smashing its spine with its feet. If the prey is a snake, it crushes the head to discharge any venom then swallows it whole. Its legs are thickly scaled to protect it from snake bites, but it is not immune to venom.
