Map data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, ...

Unique snail-eating raptor. Widespread and fairly common in Central and South America, but very limited range in US. Found exclusively around lakes and marshes.

The highly specialized Snail Kite flies on broad wings over tropical wetlands as it hunts large freshwater snails. These handsome gray-and-black raptors ...

The range map depicts the boundary of the species' range, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur within at least one week within each ...

Behavior. The Everglade snail kite feeds almost exclusively on apple snails (Pomacea), which are captured at or near the water's surface. Snail kites hunt for ...

In the wide-open marshes of central Florida, this broad-winged bird glides slowly and low over the sawgrass. It has no need for fast flight, ...

The Snail Kite has one of the most specialized tools among raptors: a long, deeply curved beak designed to pull snails—the birds' main food—out of their shells ...

The Everglade snail kite is a medium-sized hawk with a wingspan of about 45 inches, very similar to the marsh hawk but without wavering, tilting flight.

The gregarious Snail Kite is a medium-sized raptor that ranks among the most specialized of the world's Accipitriformes.

The subspecies from Florida and Cuba (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) was first listed as endangered pursuant to the Endangered Species. Conservation Act in ...