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;[[: Category:Gampsonyx|Gampsonyx]] swainsonii | ;[[: Category:Gampsonyx|Gampsonyx]] swainsonii | ||
| − | [[Image:Pearl_Kite.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Pearl_Kite.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias<br />Photographed: Brasillia -DF- [[Brazil]] ]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Yellow forehead and cheeks, grey-black crown, wings and tail, white underparts, yellow legs and feet, red-chestnut eyes, black bill. | Yellow forehead and cheeks, grey-black crown, wings and tail, white underparts, yellow legs and feet, red-chestnut eyes, black bill. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Nicaragua]] | + | [[Nicaragua]] and [[Panama]] to [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]], and [[Brazil]], [[Trinidad]], and the [[Guianas]]. <!--- Comment: the previously given range was incomplete. This range does not mention all countries, but at least the geographic extremes. ---> |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Three subspecies recognised: leonae in Central America and northern South America, | + | Three subspecies recognised: ''leonae'' in Central America and northern South America, ''swainsonii'' in Brazil and northern Argentina and ''magnus'' in [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 19 May 2008
- Gampsonyx swainsonii
Identification
Yellow forehead and cheeks, grey-black crown, wings and tail, white underparts, yellow legs and feet, red-chestnut eyes, black bill.
Distribution
Nicaragua and Panama to Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, Trinidad, and the Guianas.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies recognised: leonae in Central America and northern South America, swainsonii in Brazil and northern Argentina and magnus in Ecuador and Peru.
Habitat
Sparsely wooded savannas.
Behaviour
A deep cup of sticks built high in a tree and 2-4 brown-marked white eggs are laid; incubated mainly by the female for 34-35 days to hatching, with a further 5 weeks to fledging. There may be two broods in a season.
Diet includes lizards, small birds and insects.
