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Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Gampsonyx

Pearl Kite

Gampsonyx swainsonii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (peakit1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gampsonyx

Subspecies (3)

Gampsonyx swainsonii leonae

Pacific slope of Central America from Nicaragua to northern South America southward to the Amazon River
Gampsonyx swainsonii magnus

coastal western Colombia to Ecuador and northern Peru
Gampsonyx swainsonii swainsonii

Brazil south of the Amazon River to eastern Peru, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (peakit1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.