Don't want to see ads? Sign up...




Species icon
Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis
(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
Caracolero
Gavião-caramujeiro
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
 Request change
Filters
Remove all filters

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Herpetotheres sociabilis.

Subspecies:


This taxon does not yet have a description.

At EcoRegistros, species accounts are built through open bibliographic compilation, and anyone can contribute.

 Add description



Loading map...



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 632536
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/05/2025
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 621629
  Juvenile
Magdalena
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/07/2025
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 594038
  Immature
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/29/2024
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 552913
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/07/2023
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 501816
  Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
06/18/2022
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 394629
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/13/2020
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 195848
♀  Immature
San Francisco del Monte de Oro
San Luis
Argentina
04/15/2016
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 195660
  Juvenile
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
03/10/2017
Edgar Romeo



 View all photographs of the species




 Add a photography of this species




Last Vocalizations published




 Add an audio of this species




Last Filmings published




 Add a film of this species




 Reports


 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
228138005/04/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas, CeibasEdgar Romeo
224552707/02/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino vecinal a Alvarez Jontes, MagdalenaEdgar Romeo
212650029/07/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosAcceso Ceibas, CeibasEdgar Romeo
188663507/09/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Edgar Romeo
161562818/06/2022ArgentinaFormosaEl Vertedero., Bañado La EstrellaEdgar Romeo
123645013/03/2020ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúEdgar Romeo
55627410/03/2017ArgentinaCorrientesCerca de la Colonia, Colonia Carlos PellegriniEdgar Romeo
55723415/04/2016ArgentinaSan LuisRepresa, San Francisco del Monte de OroEdgar Romeo
Page 1

 Add a record of this species




Bibliography related


Artículo Lucero, F. 2010. Aves nuevas, raras o con pocos registros para las provincias de Mendoza y San Juan. Nuestras Aves, 54: 57-62.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.