Rufous-thighed Kite
Harpagus diodon(Temminck, CJ, 1823)
English (US) Rufous-thighed Kite
The Rufous-thighed Kite (Harpagus diodon) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: lowlands of the Guianas to northern Argentina and all of BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Harpagus diodon
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-thighed Kite
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco diodon
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
- Type locality
- Brazil; restricted to Villa Vigoza, Rio Peruipe, Bahia, by Hellmayr and Conover, 1949, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 1, no. 4, p. 32, note 3.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.34, vol.1 pl.198
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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