hook-billed kite
chondrohierax uncinatus latin

The Hook-billed Kite lays two to three buff-white eggs marked with red-brown.

Hook-billed Kite and Grey Hawk, seen occasionally on the refuge, attract birders from around the world.

Whilst Hook-billed Kite.

The Snail Kite and Hook-billed Kites are specialists in consuming snails.

The Clements Checklist and the AOU consider it as subspecies of the Hook-billed Kite.

The beaks of accipitrids are strong, hooked (sometimes very hooked, as in the Hook-billed Kite or Snail Kite).

The critically endangered Cuban Kite, C. wilsonii, is considered by some authors to be a subspecies of the Hook-billed Kite.

Species in danger of extinction, such as the Tocororo (which is also the national bird of Cuba) and the Hook-billed Kite, are also among the fauna of this area.

The Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus), is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers.

Current research and conservation efforts are directed at the critically endangered Ridgway's Hawk in the Dominican Republic, the Grenada Hook-billed Kite confined to the island of Grenada, and the Cuban Kite, endemic to Cuba and among the rarest species of raptor in the world.

The Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus), is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers.