Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Gray-headed Kite FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Leptodon cayanensis SYNONYMS - Falco cayanensis REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 28 Apparently secure in Belize 27 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 27 Resident, species present all year. 3 District Reference Belize 5 Cayo 5 Corozal 10 Orange Walk 5 Stann Creek 8 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Wet season 12 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 11 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 4 Columbia River Forest Reserve 23 Shipstern Nature Reserve Permanent 10 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 17 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 21 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 9 Gallon Jug Dry season 16 Gallon Jug 5 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Permanent 9 Chiquibul National Park 14 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting 19 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 20 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 18 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 24 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Dry season 7 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Sighting Wet season 15 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher APRIL 8 Private land, see comments Dry season 15 Private land, see comments 6 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 26 Government land Collected as voucher 25 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 21 Belize River 6 Sittee River 8 Raspaculo River 11 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 19 1-200 m 21 1-200 m 22 1-200 m 24 1-200 m 25 1-200 m 26 601-800 m 23 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 9 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 18 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 24 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 21 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 26 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 19 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 8 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 14 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 10 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 12 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 25 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 22 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 19 Subtropical wet 20 Subtropical moist 26 Subtropical moist 24 Subtropical moist 22 Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 23 General Distribution Comments 28* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. 3* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests. 15* Cayo; Orange Walk 8* Possum Point Biological Station 14* Road-Los Cuevis Camp and Puente Natural 6* Banana Bank Ranch 4* recorded at Gloria Camp References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 7 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 8 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 9 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 10 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 11 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 12 Reichelt, B., C. Philcox. 1994. DRAFT - Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Natural History Studies. Unpublished report. 13 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 14 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 15 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 16 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. 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Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 25 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 26 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 27 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 28 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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