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Introduction
Cayenne Kite Classification (COI) Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subembr. Vertebrata Class Aves Order Ciconiiformes Family Accipitridae Subfamily Accipitrinae Genus Leptodon Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binomial name, or binomial, comes from the…) Leptodon cayanensis
(Latham, 1790) IUCN conservation statute:
LC IUCN3.1: Least concern
The Cayenne Kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is a species of raptor (Rapace is a term designating in French carnivorous birds with hooked beaks). and…) of the family Accipitridae.
Description
It measures 46 to 53 cm in length and weighs 410 to 605 g. The adult has a gray head, the back black, the belly white (White is the color of a body heated to approximately 5,000 °C (see…) and a black tail with two or three white bars. The beak (A beak, in the strict sense, is an external anatomical structure which allows food intake and…) is blue (Blue (from the old High German “blao” = brilliant) is one of the three colors…) and gray legs. The flight is a flapping flight.
The immature has two types of color (Color is the subjective perception that the eye has of one or more wave frequencies…), a light type similar to the adult, but it has the head and the neck (The neck is the region of the body which is located between the head and the rest of the body…) white, with a crown, a band at eye level and a black beak and yellow legs. The dark type has a dark head, neck and upper parts and dark underparts streaked with chamois.
Reproduction
The nest (The nest generally refers to the structure built by birds to contain…), made of branches and lined …) grass (We call grass, in a broad sense, any annual or perennial plant, non-woody, making…), is built at the top of a tree (A tree is a terrestrial plant capable of growing develop by itself in height, in…). The clutch is one or two white eggs, purplish at one end and spotted with brown.
Way of life
It feeds mainly on reptiles, but also catches frogs and large insects (Insectes is a French-speaking ecology and entomology magazine intended for a wide audience…). It normally stands at the top of a stake from which it rushes towards its prey (Prey is an organism captured alive, killed then consumed by another,…). The call is a meowing Keow.
Habitat
It is found in wooded savannahs and swamp forests.
Distribution
It is found from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south (South is a cardinal point, opposite north.) to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and north (North is a cardinal point, opposite south.) from Argentina.
Subspecies
According to Alan P. Peterson, 2 subspecies have been described:
- Leptodon cayanensis cayanensis
- Leptodon cayanensis monchus
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