bateleur, bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus)

Terathopius ecaudatus is a species in the Terathopius genus. It is commonly known as bateleur, bateleur eagle This name is unplaced name for the species in the family Accipitridae subfamily Circaetinae, . This species is found in West Africa from southern Mauritania to Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, the northern portions of Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and much of Ghana through western Burkina Faso, much of Togo and Benin and northern and central Nigeria.