Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) [XC381807]
by Edson Guilherme from Pouso Alegre, Mato Grosso, Brazil (flight call)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) [XC267545]
by Jeremy Minns from T. M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area, Brevard County, Florida, United States (call)
Subspecies
Cuban population sometimes awarded separate subspecies, levis.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
plumbeus Ridgway, 1874 - Florida Everglades (south-eastern USA), Cuba and I of Pines.
major Nelson & Goldman, 1933 - Eastern Mexico and Petén (Guatemala).
sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) - Honduras and Nicaragua through Panama to South America, occurring west of Andes in Colombia and Ecuador, and east of Andes throughout to north-eastern Argentina, except Guyana Massif and Brazilian Plateau.