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Slender-billed Kite
Helicolestes hamatus (Temminck, 1821)
Accipitridae — Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Slender-billed Kite, Helicolestes hamatus, is a bird of prey in the Accipitridae family that breeds from Panama through Amazonia in Middle America and South America. It lives in forested tropical areas and other wetland habitats, including flooded forests. Its most notable feature is a narrow bill adapted for taking aquatic snails, mainly Pomacea, though it also takes crabs. It has broad, rounded wings and a short, square tail, and adults are set apart by yellow eyes, a shorter tail and a slimmer bill than the similar snail kite.
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae — Kites, Hawks, Eagles
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: e Panama through Amazonia
