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Gray-headed Kite
Stanley Jones

Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)

Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis subsp. cayanensis) Soaring over Ro Rincn near where it meets Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Surrounding area is Pacific secondary rain forest at ca. 10 m (33 ft) elevation. 015
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Habitat
Surrounding area is Pacific secondary rain forest at ca. 10 m (33 ft) elevation.
Location
Ro Rincn near where it meets Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
Date taken
February 2015
Scientific name
Leptodon cayanensis
Equipment used
Canon
delia todd
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That's a super flight picture you've taken of this kite Stanley. Quite a rare visitor to the Gallery too.

I think this may be an improvement on the current Opus flight picture; I'll have another look, but think this one will soon be showing there.

Many thanks lad.
 
02pepe47
Three more Stanley's Stunners always a pleasure to see, but this BOP is off your norm, but non the less pleasurable for that, tfs.
Pepe
 

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