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Anderson, M. D.; Maritz, A. W. A.; Oosthuysen, E. 1999. Raptors drowning in farm reservoirs in South Africa. Ostrich 70(2): 139-144.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Ferguson-Lees, J. and Christie, D.A. 2001. Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London.

Garbett, R.; Herremans, M.; Maude, G.; Reading, R.P. and Amar, A. 2018. Raptor population trends in northern Botswana: A re-survey of road transects after 20 years. Biological Conservation 224: 87-99.

Global Raptor Information Network. 2021. Species account: Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis. Available at: http://globalraptors.org/grin/SpeciesResults.asp?specID=8202. (Accessed: 13/08/2021).

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Kemp, A.C., Kirwan, G.M., Bonan, A. and Marks, J.S. 2015. Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Thiollay, J.-M. 1994. Family Accipitridae (Hawks and Eagles). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (ed.), Handbook of the birds of the world, pp. 52-205. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Underhill, L., Brooks, M. 2014. Preliminary summary of changes in bird distributions between the first and second southern African Bird Atlas projects (SABAP1 and SABAP2). Biodiversity Observations 5: 258-293.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-chested Snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-chested-snake-eagle-circaetus-pectoralis on 25/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 25/11/2024.