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
Records from Maipú

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Herpetotheres sociabilis.

Subspecies:


This taxon does not have a description yet.

At EcoRegistros, species pages are completed using open bibliographic compilations, and anyone can contribute.

If you'd like to submit a sourced description, email us at ecoregistros@ecoregistros.org and we'll publish it credited to your name.




Loading map...



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 480822
♂  Adult
Maipú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/10/2022
Gustavo Ramos
Foto
Photography ID: 480821
♀  Adult
Maipú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/10/2022
Gustavo Ramos
Foto
Photography ID: 399900
♂  Adult
Maipú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/16/2017
Esteban Argerich
Foto
Photography ID: 293817
♂  Adult
Maipú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/16/2017
Esteban Argerich



 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
224214428/01/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Kakel Huincul, Maipú4Enrique Chiurla
224181528/01/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Kakel Huincul, Maipú4Victor Hugo Michelini
222663428/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipu, MaipúEsteban Argerich
154114810/01/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Kakel Huincul, MaipúGustavo Ramos
152375326/12/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipu, MaipúEsteban Argerich
147940810/10/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipu, MaipúEsteban Argerich
116380909/01/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipúEsteban Argerich
116132407/01/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipu, MaipúEsteban Argerich
110920812/10/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipúEsteban Argerich
91019318/04/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMaipu, MaipúEsteban Argerich
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 15/03/2026.