Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
33 - 38 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, mangroves, dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

North-eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas) south through Central America to South America, west of Andes south to western Ecuador, east of Andes south to Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (48)...)

Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) [XC692665]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Asariamas, Madidi NP, La Paz, Bolivia (song)

Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) [XC203895]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Ipor\u00e1, State of Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis), with which forms superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) - 10 files

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