Avibase: Helicolestes hamatus (Slender-billed Kite)

Slender-billed Kite

Helicolestes hamatus (Temminck, CJ 1821)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	GABRIEL LEITE	2018-04-05	Uarini, State of Amazonas, Amazonas (Brazil) (40 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	409556 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Nando Quiroz	2020-10-17	NW of Yaviza, Darién Province, Darién (Panama) (20 m)	adult, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	596812 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Frank Lambert	2022-10-17	Guaviare River tributary, nr Inírida, Guainia, Santa Rita (Colombia) (100 m)	flight call - Three in flight	1040560 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Robert S. Ridgely	1995-01-00	Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Napo (Ecuador) (275 m)	display calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD 3 soaring birds playback-used:no	274914 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Luiz Matos	2025-12-26	, Marabá (Brazil)	-	647705171 macaulaylibrary.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Michel Giraud-Audine	2012-11-20	Kourou, Kourou, Cayenne, Cayenne or Saint-Georges (French Guiana) (10 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	146177 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Jörg Mellenthien	2014-05-26	Lábrea, Amazonas, Amazonas (Brazil) (70 m)	call, song - 4 individuals interacting, sometimes chasing each other bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	179839 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Peter Boesman	1994-06-19	Caño Colorado, Monagas, Monagas (Venezuela) (0 - 20 m)	call - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 10 side B track 13 seq. A)	229120 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	GABRIEL LEITE	2016-03-20	Macapá, Macapá, State of Amapá, Amapá (Brazil) (20 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	307915 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Andrew Spencer	29-10-2009	Oceania, Madre de Dios, Peru (Peru) (250 m)	call (A) -	40315 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Andrew Spencer	2012-01-29	Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana, Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (250 m)	call (A) - natural vocalization; calls from a bird perched on top of a tall tree along a large creek, with another individual audible in the background.	97550 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Alexandre Renaudier	30-08-2007	Awala-Yalimapo, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (French Guiana) (4 m)	call (A) - natural recording	43995 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Geoffrey Monchaux	2023-01-29	Guatemala, French Guiana, Kourou (French Guiana) (10 m)	call - [sono]	777375 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Fabrice Schmitt	2013-06-05	Musacarucha, Loreto, Loreto (Peru) (150 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	188118 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Pieter de Groot Boersma	2011-02-21	, Commewijne (Suriname)	-	203886641 macaulaylibrary.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Peter Boesman	2014-03-08	Chocopot, Paramaribo outskirts, Paramaribo (Suriname)	call - [sono]	271908 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Daniel Lane	2011-03-05	Peperpot plantation, Commewijne (Suriname) (3 m m)	call - Natural vocalizations from perched bird in open Cecropia about 12-15m up in disturbed swamp forest.	74895 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Patrick Ingremeau	25-06-2011	Panato - Awala - French Guiana, French Guiana (French Guiana) (0 m)	call ? Alarm ? (A) -	82048 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Richard E. Webster	2021-11-08	RN Chuchini, Beni Department, Cercado (Bolivia) (150 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - interval shortened at 0:06; seen naked eye as a dark gray forest raptor landing inside the varzea gallery forest, eventually identified after it was recorded as Slender-billed Kite, while not being sure that the two short calls after 0:08 are even from the same bird (sound like a fast Roadside Hawk?); bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	705492 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Jörg Mellenthien	2014-05-26	Lábrea, Amazonas, Amazonas (Brazil) (70 m)	call - Same group of birds the normal call bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	179840 xeno-canto.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Thomas H. Davis	1979-11-04	30.0 km E of Paramaribo; Nieuw Grond, Suriname, Suriname (Suriname)	-	11510 macaulaylibrary.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Tomaz Melo	2017-06-16	, Amazonas (Brazil)	-	203989281 macaulaylibrary.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Andrew Spencer	2009-10-30	Región Oceanía (Dept. Loreto), Madre de Dios, Peru, Madre de Dios (Peru)	- calls from an adult bird perched high in a tall tree in older secondary growth near a small stream.	31738231 macaulaylibrary.org
Slender-billed Kite - Helicolestes hamatus	Otte Ottema	07/08/2005	Belwaarde, Commewijne (Suriname) (? m)	calls (B) - series of calls.	5843 xeno-canto.org

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