Pearl kite | |
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Pearl Kite in savannah | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Gampsonyx Vigors, 1825 |
Species: | G. swainsonii
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Binomial name | |
Gampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825
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The pearl kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii) is a very small raptor found in open savanna habitat adjacent to deciduous woodland. It is the only member of the genus Gampsonyx. The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist William Swainson.