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Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis
(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
Caracolero
Gavião-caramujeiro
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Herpetotheres sociabilis.

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
CrustaceanCangrejo de Río (Dilocarcinus pagei)02/08/2023Nicolas Olejnik
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)08/11/2014Nicolas Olejnik



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 69503
♂  Adult
Villa Paranacito
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/08/2014
Nicolas Olejnik
Foto
Photography ID: 67687
♂ ♀  Adult
Exaltación de la Cruz
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/30/2014
Nicolas Olejnik
Foto
Photography ID: 6085
♂  Adult
Esteros del Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
03/20/2011
Nicolas Olejnik
Foto
Photography ID: 1738
  Immature
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/31/2010
Nicolas Olejnik



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244760517/03/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Nicolas Olejnik
241993423/01/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Nicolas Olejnik
241070504/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
238247105/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
238240905/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosMédanosNicolas Olejnik
238194303/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresTapera de LópezNicolas Olejnik
238189703/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEa. El PalenqueNicolas Olejnik
238149702/11/202516:54ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Provincial 11Nicolas Olejnik
238116401/11/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria - Costanera Norte (RECU-CN)Nicolas Olejnik
236640822/09/2025ArgentinaCorrientesCambá TrapoNicolas Olejnik
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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 15/04/2026.