Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
The Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is a 367 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Kites, Hawks, Eagles
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Weight
- 367 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 23
Recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Belize, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Honduras, Peru, Uruguay, Guyana, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, GF.
Where to see it: Georgetown Botanical Gardens (Guyana); Laguna del Diario (Uruguay); RN Laguna de Sonso (Colombia); MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico); Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize).
