Snail Kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網

The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. Its relative ... Read More

Forages by flying slowly above marshy areas and open water, dropping to seize snails, usually in shallow areas. Breeds in colonies around freshwater lakes, ... Read More

Find This Bird ... Snail Kites are very conspicuous birds, especially when they begin hunting snails in the morning. They fly low around bodies of water or perch in ... Read More

Snail Kites occur chiefly in freshwater marshes, lakes, retention ponds, sloughs, wet prairies, borrow pits, and canals. ... If aquatic vegetation is extensive, kites, ... Read More

Snail Kite · Diet. Large snails. Under normal conditions, Florida birds live almost entirely on large apple snails (genus Pomacea). · Nesting. Usually nests in loose​ ... Read More

Unique snail-eating raptor. Widespread and fairly common in Central and South America, but very limited range in U.S. Found exclusively around lakes and ... Read More

True to its name, the Snail Kite feeds almost exclusively on freshwater snails. While all raptors have hooked beaks, the Snail Kite takes the prize for a specialized ... Read More

螺鳶 · Snail Kite · 學名:Rostrhamus sociabilis · 形態:體長40～45公分，翼展115​公分。 · 分布:共3亞種，分布於美洲，由美國南部、中美洲及南美洲東部。 · 生態習性: ... Read More

The Snail Kite is a bird of prey with a very particular appetite: it feeds almost exclusively on apple snails, a freshwater mollusk that occurs in Central and South ... Read More