Rufous-thighed kite

Rufous-thighed kite
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Harpagus
Species:	H. diodon
Binomial name
	Harpagus diodon; (Temminck, 1823)

The rufous-thighed kite (Harpagus diodon) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It breeds in Brazil, Paraguay and eastern Bolivia ; it winters north to the Amazon basin, as far north and west as Venezuela and Colombia,[2] and the Guiana Shield. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Harpagus diodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Acevedo-Charry, Orlando; Daza-Díaz, William; Colón-Piñeiro, Zuania (22 June 2020). "First record of Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon in Colombia". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (2): 104–109. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a2.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Harpagus diodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Acevedo-Charry, Orlando; Daza-Díaz, William; Colón-Piñeiro, Zuania (22 June 2020). "First record of Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon in Colombia". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (2): 104–109. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a2.