Swallow-tailed kite

Description:

This raptor was around 25" in length with a wingspan of about 4 ft. The head and neck was white ventrally as well as dorsally as was the underside of the wings. The dorsal is dark gray to black (with the exception of the white head) as are the primary and secondary feathers from underneath.

Habitat:

Several of these birds were seen circling high above a jungle airstrip in the Amazon rainforest in SE Ecuador (700 masl).

Notes:

Beautiful birds but hard to photograph with the camera I had. Really fun to watch though.