Pearl Kite - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Photographed: Brasillia -DF- Brazil

Gampsonyx swainsonii

Identification

Yellow forehead and cheeks, grey-black crown, wings and tail, white underparts, yellow legs and feet, red-chestnut eyes, black bill.

Distribution

Nicaragua and Panama to Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, Trinidad, and the Guianas.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies recognised:

• leonae in Central America and northern South America,
• swainsonii in Brazil and northern Argentina
• magnus in Ecuador and Peru

Habitat

Sparsely wooded savannas.

Behaviour

Photo by WilsonDiaz
Photographed: Jaen, Peru
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A deep cup of sticks built high in a tree and 2-4 brown-marked white eggs are laid; incubated mainly by the female for 34-35 days to hatching, with a further 5 weeks to fledging. There may be two broods in a season.

Diet includes lizards, small birds and insects.

References

Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pearl Kite. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pearl_Kite

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