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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 (Aegla affinis)18/02/2023Jorge Schlemmer
CrustaceanCangrejo de Río (Zilchiopsis collastinensis)14/03/2021Jorge Schlemmer
CrustaceanCangrejo de Río (Zilchiopsis collastinensis)17/07/2016Walter Bustamante



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 657180
♂  Adult
Paso de la cina
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
02/01/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 525474
♂  Adult
La Banda
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
02/18/2023
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 525453
  Adult
La Banda
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
02/18/2023
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 440615
♀  Adult
Termas de Río Hondo
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
03/14/2021
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 382687
♂  Juvenile
Termas de Río Hondo
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
02/16/2020
Miguel Andina
Foto
Photography ID: 340402
♀  Adult
Paso de Oscares
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
07/08/2019
Pablo Eguia



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238382908/11/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroDique Los Quiroga - Sgo. del Estero, Los Quiroga2Rodolfo Domnanovich
238396801/11/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroDique Los Quiroga - Sgo. del Estero, Los Quiroga10Rodolfo Domnanovich
234645021/08/202517:26ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroMaipu 285, Colonia DoraMaría Alejandra Sosa
234635321/08/202517:26ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroMaipu 285, Colonia DoraJorge La Grotteria
240728813/07/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroReserva Tara Inti, Termas de Río HondoWalter Bustamante
234824330/06/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroVía Sin Nombre1Elsa Longo
229471418/04/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroReserva Natutural Tara Inti, Río Hondo1Pablo Eguia
227047205/04/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroDique Los Quiroga - Sgo. del Estero, Banda1Rodolfo Domnanovich
227042905/04/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroLaguna Nueva Líbano, Nueva Líbano1Rodolfo Domnanovich
226291816/03/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroDique Los Quiroga - Sgo. del Estero, Banda14Rodolfo Domnanovich
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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 20/03/2026.