Snail Kite

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Snail Kite	Home Bird Orders
		Alternate name
	Rostrhamus sociabilis	Scientific name
	Accipitriformes	Order
	Acciptridae	Family
	45-50cm	Length
	Swamps, marshes, water bodies & seasonaly flooded areas. Below 1800 m. Found in:- Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA & Venezuela,	Habitat
		Altitude
		Range
	2-4 eggs	Clutch
	Aquatic snails, crabs and turtles.	Food
		Habits
	3331 - TSN: 175295	World Number
	Least Concern	Status

Snail Kite. Ssp: sociabilis Jeremy Minns Transpantaneira south of Pixaim, MT Brazil XC85406 Song

Czech: luněc bažinný, Plžojed bažinný
Danish: Snegleglente
German: Schneckenweih
English: Everglade Kite, Snail Kite
Spanish: Caracolero, Caracolero Común, Elanio Caracolero, Gavilán Caracolero, Milano caracolero
Spanish (Argentine): Caracolero
Spanish (Colombia): Caracolero Común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Elanio caracolero
Spanish (Cuba): Gavilán Caracolero
Spanish (Honduras): Milano caracolero
Spanish (Mexico): gavilán caracolero, Milano caracolero
Spanish (Nicaragua): Elanio Caracolero
Spanish (Paraguay): Caracolero
Spanish (Uruguay): Caracolero
Spanish (Venezuela): Gavilán Caracolero
Estonian: teohaugas (soo-teohaugas)
Finnish: Kotilohaukka
French: Buse des coquillages, Milan des Everglades, Milan des marais
Guarani: Taguato jatyta
Italian: Nibbio chioccioliere, Nibbio delle Everglades
Japanese: tanishitobi, tannishitobi
Japanese: タニシトビ, タンニシトビ
Latin: Rosthramus sociabilis, Rostrhamus sociabilis
Dutch: Slakkenwouw, Slakkewouw
Norwegian: Snegleglente
Polish: slimakojad czerwonooki, ślimakojad czerwonooki
Portuguese: caramujeiro, Gaviao-caramujeiro, Gavião-caramujeiro, gavião-de-aruá, gavião-de-uruá, gavião-pescador, gavião-pombo
Portuguese (Brazil): caramujeiro, Gavião Caramujeiro, Gavião-caramujeiro, gavião-de-aruá, gavião-de-uruá, gavião-pescador, gavião-pombo
Russian: Коршун-Слизнеед, Общественный коршун-слизеед, Общественный коршун-слизнеед
Slovak: hákozobec družný
Swedish: Snäckglada
Chinese: 食螺鸢

Argentine:- Argentine Region, Buenos Aires, Gran Chaco & Mesopotamia, Northwest.

Brazil:- Center-West Brazil:- Federal District, Goiás, Mato Grosso & Mato Grosso do Sul.

North Brazil, Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Para, Rondônia & Roraima.

Northeast Brazil:- Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte & Sergipe.

South Brazil:- Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina & Tocantins

Southeast Brazil:- Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro & São Paul.

Mexico:- Chiapas, Cozumel Island, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz & Yucatán Peninsula.

USA:- Florida & Texas

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