Circaetinae

Circaetinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Order	Accipitriformes
Sub-order	Accipitres
Family Information
Superfamily	Accipitroidea
Family	Accipitridae
Sub-family	Circaetinae
Population statistics

Circaetinae refers to a subfamily of the family Accipitridae, consisting of five genera and sixteen species of birds commonly known as "snake-eagles" for the food preference of most of the species.

• Subfamily Circaetinae: snake-eagles

• Genus Circaetus

Banded snake-eagle, Circaetus cinerascens

Beaudouin's snake-eagle, Circaetus beaudouini

Black-chested snake-eagle, Circaetus pectoralis

Brown snake-eagle, Circaetus cinereus

Fasciated snake-eagle, Circaetus fasciolatus

Short-toed eagle, Circaetus gallicus

• Genus Eutriorchis

Madagascar serpent-eagle, Eutriorchis astur

• Genus Pithecophaga

Philippine eagle, Pithecophaga jefferyi

• Genus Spilornis

Andaman serpent-eagle, Spilornis elgini

Crested serpent-eagle, Spilornis cheela

Great Nicobar serpent-eagle, Spilornis klossi

Kinabalu serpent-eagle,Spilornis kinabaluensis

Philippine serpent-eagle, Spilornis holospilus

Sulawesi serpent-eagle, Spilornis rufipectus

• Genus Terathopius

Bateleur, Terathopius ecaudatus