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  Name White-collared Kite
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Falconiformes
  Familia Accipitridae
  Genus '' Leptodon ''
  Species '''''L forbesi'''''
  Binomial ''Leptodon forbesi''
  Binomial Authority ( Swann , 1922)
  Range Map Mapa distribuicao Leptodon forbesipng
  Range Map Width 250px
  Range Map Caption White-collared Kite range


The White-collared Kite ''Leptodon forbesi'' is a South America n Raptor . It breeds in north eastern Brazil .

The White-collared Kite is 50cm in length. The adult has a grey head with white hindneck, black upperparts, white underparts, and a grey tail with a very broad, black subterminal band and whitish tip. It is very similar to the more southerly distributed Grey-headed Kite .

This species is classified as Critically Endangered. There have been very few sightings if it, and nothing is known of its feeding or breeding ecology. The areas in which it has been sighted, in coastal Alagoas and Pernambuco , has been subject to massive Deforestation . The current population is estimated at less than 50 individuals.


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