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The Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, is a bird of prey
Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. Their claws and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
 in the family Accipitridae
Accipitridae

The Accipitridae is one of the two major family within the order Accipitriformes . Many well-known birds, such as hawks, eagles, kite , harrier and Old World vultures are included in this group....
, which also includes many other diurnal raptor
Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. Their claws and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
s such as kite
Kite (bird)

Kites are Bird of preys with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mostly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey....
s, eagle
Eagle

Eagles are large bird of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several Genus which are not necessarily closely related to each other....
s and harrier
Harrier (bird)

A harrier is any of several species of Diurnal animal bird of prey which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt or harry small animals or birds ....
s.

The critically endangered Cuban Kite
Cuban Kite

The Cuban Kite, Chondrohierax wilsonii, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal Bird of preys such as kite s, eagles and harrier s....
, Chondrohierax wilsonii, is considered by some authors to be a subspecies of the Hook-billed Kite.








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The Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, is a bird of prey
Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. Their claws and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
 in the family Accipitridae
Accipitridae

The Accipitridae is one of the two major family within the order Accipitriformes . Many well-known birds, such as hawks, eagles, kite , harrier and Old World vultures are included in this group....
, which also includes many other diurnal raptor
Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. Their claws and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
s such as kite
Kite (bird)

Kites are Bird of preys with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mostly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey....
s, eagle
Eagle

Eagles are large bird of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several Genus which are not necessarily closely related to each other....
s and harrier
Harrier (bird)

A harrier is any of several species of Diurnal animal bird of prey which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt or harry small animals or birds ....
s.

The critically endangered Cuban Kite
Cuban Kite

The Cuban Kite, Chondrohierax wilsonii, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal Bird of preys such as kite s, eagles and harrier s....
, Chondrohierax wilsonii, is considered by some authors to be a subspecies of the Hook-billed Kite.

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