Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Order

FALCONIFORMES

Family

Kites, Eagles and Hawks (Accipitridae)

Code 4

SNKI

Code 6

ROSSOC

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Dark brown in nestlings and younger flying Immatures, becoming more orange in older immatures. Adult female orange to carmine in older individuals; adult male carmine.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Dark blue-black
Forehead Color: Dark blue-black
Nape Color: Dark blue-black
Throat Color: Dark blue-black
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 41-46 cm (16-18 in)
Weight: 377 g (13.3 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Black
Underparts: Dark blue-black with white tail coverts.
Upperparts: Dark blue-black
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Flies on slow shallow wing beats interrupted by short glides.
Wingspan Range: 114 cm (45 in)
Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: White band
Upper Tail: White with broad blue-black distal band and gray terminal band.
Under Tail: White with broad blue-black distal band and gray terminal band.
Leg Color: Orange

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