Those three tail barbs are interesting. Sort of like that X-men character. Shot against the far side of Argentina side of the Iguazu waterfalls.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/9.1
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
500
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/170 sec
Date/Time
Tue 24 Jan 2012 03:50:38 PM EST
English Snail Kite Scientific (Rostrhamus sociabilis sociabilis) Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family (Latin) Accipitridae Family (English) Kites, Hawks, Eagles Other name(s) Breeding Regions NA, MA, SA Breeding Range s Florida and Caribbean to ne Argentina Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,French Guiana, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range plumbeus Florida (USA) levis Cuba major e Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and nw Honduras sociabilis s Nicaragua to n Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Vieillot, 1817) German Schneckenbussard French Milan des marais Chinese 食螺鸢 Japanese タニシトビ Russian Коршун-слизнеед Spanish Caracolero común Portuguese caracoleiro-comum Bird Data App text A hawk-sized kite that uses a hooked bill to extract meat from large pond snails. Immatures streaked and without red eye.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
