Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) - HBW 2, p. 118
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 Enlarge map
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A bird perched on top of a bare tree. Locality Pepperpot, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 April 2011 37 weeks ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird perching on a high tree. Locality Misiones Province, Argentina
German Pugnali 10 September 2007 3 years ago 17 sec 4 -
Perched on dead tree. Locality Toledo District, Belize (Monotypic species)
Wayne Hall 8 March 2012 8 weeks ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A ventral view of a perched bird, performing a wingstretch. Locality Pepperpot, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 March 2011 39 weeks ago 31 sec 3.5 -
A ventral view of a bird perched on a tree. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 3.5 -
Bird preening on branch Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Keith and Lynn Youngs 16 October 2009 17 weeks ago 8 sec 3.3
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A bird perched on a snag.
Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 26 September 2006 3 years ago 4.4 -
An adult feeds on a giant cicada (Quesada gigas) on the hunting perch.
Locality Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil
Ivan Sazima 4 October 2007 3 years ago 4.2 -
perched
Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Horacio Luna 3 November 2011 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 6 November 2011 19 weeks ago 4 -
Adult
Locality Cayenne, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 11 April 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird flying.
Locality Ipatinga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
marco aurelio martins de ... 9 September 2009 2 years ago 3.8
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calls, perched Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina
(Monotypic species)
Jeremy Minns 19 November 2002 2 years ago 0
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