Pearl kite
| Pearl kite | |
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| Pearl Kite in savannah | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gampsonyx Vigors, 1825 |
| Species: | G. swainsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825 | |
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The pearl kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii) is a very small raptor found in open savanna habitat adjacent to deciduous woodland in Central and South America. It is the only member of the genus Gampsonyx. The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist William Swainson.