Slender-billed kite
| Slender-billed kite | |
|---|---|
| A juvenile slender-billed kite at Careiro da Várzea, Amazonas state, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Helicolestes Bangs & Penard, 1918 |
| Species: | H. hamatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Helicolestes hamatus (Temminck, 1821) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rostrhamus hamatus | |
The slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) is a South American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found along a scattered range in forested parts of tropical northern and central South America, and far eastern Panama. The species was recategorized into and has once again been removed from the genus Rostrhamus.