Grey Headed Kite
14 January 2012 09:08 Filed in: Accipitridae Kites Birds of Prey Panama El Valle Valle de Anton Brazil Para Rio Azul Lodge
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Para, Brazil • Sep 2011
Bird name: Grey Headed Kite
Latin: Leptodon cayanensis
Other: Gray-headed Kite (US) • Milano cabecigrís (Es) • Gavião-de-cabeça-cinza (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range: Mexico to northern Argentina, incl Panama, Brazil
Similar:
The Grey-Headed Kite has a pale grey head with white body contrasting with dark wings and barred flight feathers. Two narrow white bands on tail (a third sometimes visible). Bill bluish.
Also seen in the mountains of Valle de Anton in central Panama.
Below, Grey-headed Kite in Brazil, Sep 2011.
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