What is Snail kite?
{{Taxobox | name = Snail Kite | image = Snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis).jpg | image_width = | image_caption = Snail kite | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49324|title=Rostrhamus sociabilis|downloaded=11 May 2006}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Accipitriformes]] | familia = [[Accipitridae]] | subfamilia = [[Milvinae]] <small>(disputed)</small> | genus = '''''Rostrhamus''''' | binomial = ''Rostrhamus sociabilis'' | range_map = | range_map_width = | range_map_caption = }} The '''snail kite''' (''Rostrhamus sociabilis'') is a [[bird of prey]]. It is in the family [[Accipitridae]], which also includes the [[eagle]]s, [[hawk]]s, and [[Old World vulture]]s. == Description == [[File:Rostrhamus sociabilis -Vale do Ribeira, Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg|thumb|left|Adult male in Sao Paulo, Brazil]] Snail kites are {{convert|36|to|48|cm|in|abbr=on}} long with a {{convert|99|-|120|cm|in|abbr=on}} wingspan. They weigh from {{convert|300|to|570|g|oz}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snail_Kite/id|title=Snail Kite Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology|website=www.allaboutbirds.org}}</ref> They have long, broad, and rounded wings. Its tail is long with a white rump. The dark, deeply hooked beak measures {{convert|2.9|-|4|cm|in|abbr=on}}. It flies slowly with its head facing downwards to see its prey. It mostly eats large [[Ampullariidae|apple snails]]. The snail kite lives in tropical [[South America]], the [[Caribbean]], and central and southern [[Florida]] in the [[United States]]. It nests in a [[Shrub|bush]] or on the ground and lays 3–4 eggs. == References == {{commons category|Rostrhamus sociabilis}} {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kite, Snail}} [[Category:Birds of South America]] [[Category:Accipitriformes]] [[Category:Birds of Central America]] [[Category:Birds of North America]]