Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
French: Milan des marais
German: Schneckenweih
Spanish: Caracolero Común
Other common names: Everglade Kite (plumbeus)
Taxonomy: Herpetotheres sociabilis Vieillot, 1817, Corrientes, near Río de la Plata, Argentina.
Highly specialized genus, with no clear taxonomic affinities to other genera. Cuban population sometimes awarded separate race, levis. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- plumbeus Ridgway, 1874 - Florida Everglades (SE USA), Cuba and I of Pines.
- major , 1933 - E Mexico and Petén (Guatemala).
- sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) - Honduras and Nicaragua through Panama to South America, occurring W of Andes in Colombia and Ecuador, and E of Andes throughout to NE Argentina, except Guyana Massif and Brazilian Plateau.
- Least Concern
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An adult male showing the distinctive red iris acquired at the fourth year of life. Curicaca Wildlife Preservation Area, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp sociabilis)
Alex García 23 July 2008 1 year ago 32 sec 4.8 -
A female calling and eating a crayfish, while another individual is calling at the background Curicaca Wildlife Preservation Area, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp sociabilis)
Alex García 31 March 2006 2 years ago 37 sec 4.6 -
A juvenile calling Curicaca Wildlife Preservation Area, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp sociabilis)
Yaiza Aragón 22 March 2008 1 year ago 30 sec 4.1 -
A bird eating a crab on a tree at sunrise. Curicaca Wildlife Preservation Area, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp sociabilis)
Alex García 2 July 2008 1 year ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird in flight over the water Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina (ssp sociabilis)
Barry Attridge 24 December 2006 2 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
Different shots of a perched male Curicaca Wildlife Preservation Area, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp sociabilis)
Yaiza Aragón 22 March 2008 1 year ago 44 sec 3.6
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Young in Ibicuy, Entre Rios, Argentina Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 17 October 2009 13 weeks ago 4.3 -
.JPG "Rostrhamus sociabilis sociabilis [Snail Kite, Gavilán caracolero]")
An adult perched on a wooden post. Hato Las Caretas, Guárico, Venezuela (ssp sociabilis)
Eduardo López 24 August 2008 51 weeks ago 4.3 -
 (Inm).JPG "Rostrhamus sociabilis sociabilis [Snail Kite, Gavilán caracolero] [Immature]")
An immature perched on a wooden post. Hato Las Caretas, Guárico, Venezuela (ssp sociabilis)
Eduardo López 24 August 2008 51 weeks ago 4 -
Individual perched on a tree twig. Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp Sociabilis)
Santiago Meligeni ... 18 March 2010 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.5 -
. Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Aleix Comas 23 August 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
A bird in flight Florida, USA (ssp plumbeus)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 13 May 2007 48 weeks ago 3
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Two calls. Morada Nova, Ceará, Brazil
(ssp sociabilis)
Ciro Albano 27 March 2008 51 weeks ago 4
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