Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Rostrhamus
- eBird Code
- snakit
Vocalizations
Denilson Eliu Ordoñez Moreno · CC_BY_4_0
Jose Luis Navarro · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Rostrhamus sociabilis levis
Cuba
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Rostrhamus sociabilis major
eastern Mexico and Petén of northern Guatemala
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Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus
Florida (southeastern USA)
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Rostrhamus sociabilis sociabilis
Honduras and Nicaragua to Brazil and northeastern Argentina
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.