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[[Image:Plumbeous_Kite.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo &copy; by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=44584 Rogerio Araújo Dias]''' <br />Luzinia, [[Brazil]]]]
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[[Image:Plumbeous_Kite.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rogerio Arajo Dias <br/> Location:  Luzinia -Brazil]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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33-38cm long and weighs 190-280g.  This bird has long wings which are pointed.  The adults are slate grey and have a pale head and underparts.  There are 2-3 white bands on the black tail.  It has red eyes and orange legs.  The sexes are similar;  juveniles have white-streaked grey upperparts and dark-streaked whitish underparts. They lack the rufous wing patch. The call is a whistled ''si-see-oo''.
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29–38 cm (11½-15 in); Long pointed wings
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*Slate grey
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*Pale head and underparts
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*Black twil with 2-3 white bands
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*Rufous inner [[Topography#Wings|primary]] webs
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*Red eyes
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*Orange legs<br />
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Sexes are similar<br />
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'''Jveniles''': white-streaked grey upperparts; dark-streaked whitish underparts. They lack the rufous wing patch.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Eastern [[Mexico]] through Central America to [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Argentina]]. It also breeds on [[Trinidad]].
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br />
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'''Central America''': breeds in eastern and southern [[Mexico]] from southern Tamaulipas southwards and from [[Guatemala]] to [[Panama]].
  
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'''South America''': ranges from [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Trinidad]] south to [[Bolivia]], southern [[Brazil]] and northern [[Argentina]].
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[[Image:Plumbeous Kite1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Reserva Natural Maycu, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, [[Ecuador]], November 2014]]
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Resident in South America but Central American birds move south for the winter.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
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Lowland forest and savannah.
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A variety of lowland forest types are used. They use more open areas on passage.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
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It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 1-2 blue-white eggs.  
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====Breeding====
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The diet includes large flying insects, but smaller insects, such as flying termites, are also taken. Most insects are caught in the feet. It also eats snails and warm- and cold-blooded small vertebrates.
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They build a stick nest in a tree. The clutch consists of 1-2 blue-white eggs. The chicks are fed by both adults.
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of flying insects. These are supplemented occasionally with other small vertebrates and snails.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''': a whistled ''si-see-oo''.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Ictinia+plumbea}}
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{{Video|Plumbeous_Kite}}
  
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Nests are built in trees.  They are made of twigs and 1-2 white eggs are laid.  The chicks are fed by both parents.
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Ictinia+plumbea+ View more images of Plumbeous Kite in the gallery]
 
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Revision as of 02:53, 27 March 2019

Photo © by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Luzinia, Brazil
Ictinia plumbea

Identification

29–38 cm (11½-15 in); Long pointed wings

  • Slate grey
  • Pale head and underparts
  • Black twil with 2-3 white bands
  • Rufous inner primary webs
  • Red eyes
  • Orange legs

Sexes are similar
Jveniles: white-streaked grey upperparts; dark-streaked whitish underparts. They lack the rufous wing patch.

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: breeds in eastern and southern Mexico from southern Tamaulipas southwards and from Guatemala to Panama.

South America: ranges from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia, southern Brazil and northern Argentina.

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Reserva Natural Maycu, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, November 2014

Resident in South America but Central American birds move south for the winter.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

A variety of lowland forest types are used. They use more open areas on passage.

Behaviour

Breeding

They build a stick nest in a tree. The clutch consists of 1-2 blue-white eggs. The chicks are fed by both adults.

Diet

Their main diet consists of flying insects. These are supplemented occasionally with other small vertebrates and snails.

Vocalisation

Call: a whistled si-see-oo.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
  3. Wikipedia

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