Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) [XC257348]
by Paul Marvin from Manab\u00ed: La Segua marsh (Chone lakes), Ecuador (call)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) [XC730060]
by from Botanical Gardens, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana (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.