Leptodon forbesi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The white-collared kite (Leptodon forbesi) is an endangered species of bird in the subfamily Perninae of the family Accipitridae, the diurnal raptors. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil. Until the early 2000s the white-collared kite was considered an aberrant plumage of the grey-headed kite (L. cayanensis) but morphological and other evidence strongly support its treatment as a full species. It is monotypic.
The species' specific epithet commemorates the British zoologist William Alexander Forbes. The white-collared kite is about 50 cm (20 in) long and weighs 550 to 580 g (1.2 to 1.3 lb). Adults usually have a grey head with a white hindneck, but sometimes only the crown is gray and in other individuals the entire head is white. They have black upperparts, white underparts, and a black tail with a whitish tip and a broad ash-white band in the middle (or two white bands with a narrow black one between them). Their scapulars, secondaries, and inner primaries have broad white tips that are typically reduced or lost through wear.
The white-collared kite is found only in parts of four states of northeastern... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-collared Kite sighting in João Pessoa on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 99 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-collared Kite in João Pessoa on a given day, against under 5% in March–August, October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among João Pessoa's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-collared Kite sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only João Pessoa, in our data
João Pessoa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-collared Kite sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Accipitridae
The closest relatives of the White-collared Kite that you can see in João Pessoa (family Accipitridae, Hawks, Eagles, and Kites) are Roadside Hawk (about 40%), Plumbeous Kite (about 30%) and Short-tailed Hawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-collared Kite is recorded against all the birds logged in João Pessoa (10 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
