Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Plumbeous Kite FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ictinia plumbea SYNONYMS - Falco plumbeus - Gmelin, 1788 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Summer visitor - migrant 33 Apparently secure in Belize 32 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 32 Resident, species present all year. 3 District Reference Belize 6 Cayo 4 Corozal 16 Orange Walk 14 Toledo 12 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 16 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 30 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 23 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 4 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 8 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 22 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 28 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 29 Columbia River Forest Reserve 15 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting Dry season 20 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 26 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 18 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 19 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 6 Chiquibul National Park Dry season 8 Chiquibul National Park 18 Chiquibul National Park 22 Chiquibul National Park 23 Chiquibul National Park 5 Bladen Nature Reserve 12 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 25 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Dry season 17 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 13 Community Baboon Sanctuary Dry season 21 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve 14 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 28 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Summer Vis 10 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Wet season 18 Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose Wet season 18 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 30 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 7 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 18 Private land, see comments Dry season 9 Private land, see comments 23 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 29 Government land Collected as voucher 29 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 26 Macal River 4 Bladen Branch 12 Belize River 7 Sibun River 13 New River 14 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 26 1-200 m 27 1-200 m 28 1-200 m 29 1-200 m 30 201-400 m 29 401-600 m 28 401-600 m 29 401-600 m 30 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 14 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 15 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 28 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 27 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 27 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 21 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 23 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 26 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 27 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 28 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 6 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 24 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 27 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 29 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 30 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 27 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 30 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 24 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 27 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 29 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 18 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 28 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 24 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 29 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 29 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 25 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 18 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 24 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 16 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 24 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 29 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 27 Subtropical wet 25 Subtropical moist 30 Subtropical moist 29 Subtropical moist 28 Subtropical moist 27 Subtropical moist 26 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 30 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 29 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 28 General Distribution Comments 33* Common northern semideciduous moist forest. Common southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Common Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. 3* "Rare in the winter," common in northern hardwood forests, common in southern hardwood forests, common in the Mountain Pine Ridge, uncommon in coastal savannahs. 23* Big Falls Rice Farm; Blue Creek 22* Guacamallo 18* Cayo; Augustine; Ballerina Camp; Duck Run; Freetown; Toledo Settlement 12* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves; lower Quebrada de Oro & Bladen from Calera to Hellgate 9* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 8* Los Cuevis Camp and Puente Natural 7* Banana Bank Ranch 4* Francelia 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 Miller, B.W.; C.M. Miller. 1992. Preliminary Avian Survey of the Upper Macal River: Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp, pp.55-63. in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III 5 Matola, S., ed. 1992. The Maya Divide Expedition 1-15 May. Unpub. report 6 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 7 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 8 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 9 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 10 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 11 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 12 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 13 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 14 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 15 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 16 Reichelt, B., C. Philcox. 1994. DRAFT - Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Natural History Studies. Unpublished report. 17 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 18 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 19 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 20 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 21 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 22 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 23 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 24 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 25 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 26 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 27 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 28 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 29 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 30 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 31 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 32 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. 33 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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