Order: Accipitriformes | Family: Accipitridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown| Loc. Tumbes, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Marañon Valley, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Status: The Pearl Kite is rare to uncommon in apparently disjunct populations in Amazonia, northwest Peru, and the Marañon Valley. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Elanio Perla.
Sub-species: Pearl Kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii magnus), C. Chubb, 1918. Coastal W Colombia, Ecuador and N Peru.
(G. s. swainsonii), Vigors, 1825. Brazil S of the Amazon River to E Peru, E Bolivia.
Meaning of Name: Gampsonyx: Gr. gampsonux, gampsos= word (epithet) to Vulture and Onux= claw. swainsonii = honor of the naturalist and collector English species, William Swainson- (1789-1855).
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.