If you would like to correct or update any of the information, please contact us. The flight is slow, with the Kite’s head facing downwards as it looks for snails.īeauty Of Birds strives to maintain accurate and up-to-date information however, mistakes do happen. The immature is similar to adult female, but the crown is streaked. She has a whitish face with darker areas behind and above the eye. The highly specialized Snail Kite flies on broad wings over tropical wetlands as it hunts large freshwater snails. They are sexually dimorphic in color.
The females are very slightly smaller than the male (weight and length). They are about 14-16 inches long and have a wingspan of 43-36 inches. The adult female has dark brown upperparts and heavily streaked pale underparts. Physical Description Snail Kites are medium-sized hawks, weighing from 12-20 ounces. The adult male has dark blue-grey plumage, with darker flight feathers. Its dark, deeply hooked beak is an adaptation to its diet, which consists almost exclusively of Apple Snails. (Please refer to distribution map below. It is long-tailed, with a white rump and undertail coverts. The Snail Kite is a resident breeder in tropical South America, the Caribbean and central and southern Florida, USA. The Snail Kite has long, broad, and rounded wings. It is a gregarious species, forming large winter roosts. Research has demonstrated that water level control in the Everglades is depleting the population of Apple Snails. The Snail Kite is an endangered species in the Florida Everglades in the U.S., with a population of less than 400 breeding pairs. This Kite is a bird of fresh water wetlands. (Please refer to distribution map below.) The Snail Kite is a resident breeder in tropical South America, the Caribbean and central and southern Florida, USA.
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