Difference between revisions of "Slender-billed Kite" - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by erikat
Pomona District, Suriname, June 2007

Rostrhamus hamatus

Identification

Distinguished from the similar Snail Kite by its yellow eye and shorter tail without white band.

Central and South America
Breeds from Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas south to eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and Amazonian Brazil.

Has been recorded in eastern Panama.

A resident species.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Sometimes placed in genus Rostrhamus.

Swampy tropical rainforest.

These birds generally choose a high perch.

Feeds heavily on Pomacea snails.

Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
BF Member observations

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Slender-billed Kite. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slender-billed_Kite

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 [[Image:ET3332A.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|erikat|erikat}}<br />Pomona District, [[Suriname]], June 2007]]
+;[[: Category:Helicolestes|Helicolestes]] hamatus
+''Rostrhamus hamatus''
 ==Identification==
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 A resident species.
 ==Taxonomy==
-This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+Sometimes placed in genus ''[[: Category:Rostrhamus|Rostrhamus]]''.
-Traditionally placed in genus ''[[: Category:Helicolestes|Helicolestes]]''.
 ==Habitat==
 Swampy tropical rainforest.
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+{{GSearch|Helicolestes+hamatus}}
-[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Rostrhamus]]
+[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Helicolestes]]