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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
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)06/01/2018Diego Oscar
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)29/10/2016Eduardo Cusano
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)01/10/2016Jorge Fernando Di Laudo
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)06/12/2014Diego Oscar
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)03/03/2014J. Simón Tagtachian
MolluscsAmpularia (Pomacea canaliculata)27/01/2014Gustavo Puente



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 675775
  Juvenile
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/14/2026
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 664800
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/24/2025
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 657535
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/19/2025
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 657534
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/19/2025
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 655161
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/21/2025
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 642522
  Juvenile
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/06/2025
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 634448
 Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/12/2025
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 634066
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/02/2025
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 633252
♂ 
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
05/02/2025
Pablo Bruni
Foto
Photography ID: 632990
♂ 
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/12/2025
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 632536
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/05/2025
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 630455
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/02/2025
Guillermo Marcaida



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 1871
  Juvenile
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/24/2015
Santos Di Mauro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241867320/01/202615:46ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Jorge La Grotteria
241901919/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Diego Oscar
242403117/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
241783317/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas3Diego Oscar
244018614/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasElsa Longo
242378312/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Elsa Longo
241196707/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas4Diego Oscar
241459405/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Gabriel Carbajales
241445004/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, Ceibas2Gabriel Carbajales
241434904/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosTerraplen, Ceibas4Gabriel Carbajales
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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 15/03/2026.