Tag: Chondrohierax uncinatus

FEEDING HABITS AND BILL POLYMORPHISM IN HOOK-BILLED KITES

Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) Science Article 1 abstract The Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohieraxu ncinatus),a neotropical, snail-eating raptor, exhibits extraordinary intraspecific variation in bill size, which is unrelated to sex and age and is largely independent of geographic origin. Bill size varies much more than overall body size and is bimodally distributed in many parts of the […]

Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Chondrohierax uncinatus | [authority] Temminck, 1822 | [UK] Hook-billed Kite | [FR] Milan bec-en-croc | [DE] Langschnabel-Weih | [ES] Milano Pico de Garfio | [NL] Langsnavelwouw Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Chondrohierax are medium-sized kites with long wings and tail. The bill is large, blunt, […]