Everglade Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae

The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. Its relative, the slender-billed kite, is now again placed in Helicolestes, making the genus Rostrhamus monotypic. Usually, it is placed in the Milvine kites, but the validity of that grouping is under investigation.

Distribution

Everglade Snail Kite — (c) Rajan Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 159

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Rajan Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionSnail kite, Wikipedia contributors

Everglade Snail Kite

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