Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
French: Milan bleuâtre
German: Schwebeweih
Spanish: Elanio Plomizo
Taxonomy: Falco plumbeus Gmelin, 1788, Cayenne.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with I. mississippiensis, with which forms superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Mexico (Tamaulipas) S through Central America to South America, W of Andes S to W Ecuador, E of Andes S to Paraguay and N Argentina.
- Least Concern
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A bird perching on a high tree. Misiones, Argentina
German Pugnali 10 September 2007 1 year ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird on a branche. Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Yoel Jimenez 1 October 2005 17 weeks ago 50 sec 3.3 -
A bird eating a big insect Pilcopata, Kosñipata Valley, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2005 4 years ago 44 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree, looking around, then flying away. Frontera Corozal, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 15 weeks ago 26 sec 3 -
Bird preening on branch and looking around, back and front. Cana, Darién National Park, Darién Province, Panama
Charlotte Elton 29 June 2009 33 weeks ago 21 sec 3 -
A bird stretching and preening in a tree Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 6 January 2007 2 years ago 15 sec 2.9
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An adult feeds on a giant cicada (Quesada gigas) on the hunting perch. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Ivan Sazima 4 October 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird perched on a snag. Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 26 September 2006 1 year ago 4.5 -
A nestling opens its wings. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Ivan Sazima 2 November 2007 1 year ago 4 -
A bird flying. Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
marco aurelio mart... 9 September 2009 23 weeks ago 3 -
Bird. Caraça Monastery, Caraça National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil
marco aurelio mart... 27 September 2007 26 weeks ago 3 -
A bird on a branch, preparing to take off. Caño Colorado, Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
philgunson 9 May 2009 44 weeks ago 3
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calls, perched Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina
jeremyminns 19 November 2002 14 weeks ago 0
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