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Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Leptodon

Grey-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grhkit1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Leptodon

Subspecies (2)

Leptodon cayanensis cayanensis

southeastern Mexico to Trinidad, the Guianas, western Ecuador, and Amazonia
Leptodon cayanensis monachus

central Brazil to eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Paraguay

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grhkit1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.