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| Gray-headed kite | |
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| Adult at Restinga de Bertioga State Park in São Paulo state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Leptodon |
| Species: | L. cayanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptodon cayanensis (Latham, 1790)
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The gray-headed kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests. It shares the genus Leptodon with the extremely rare white-collared kite. It breeds from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and northern Argentina.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Leptodon cayanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694967A168671612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694967A168671612.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.