| Slender-billed kite | |
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| A juvenile slender-billed kite at Careiro da Várzea, Amazonas state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Helicolestes Bangs & Penard, 1918 |
| Species: | H. hamatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Helicolestes hamatus (Temminck, 1821)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rostrhamus hamatus | |
The slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) is a South American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found along a scattered range in forested parts of tropical northern and central South America, and far eastern Panama.[2] The species was recategorized into and has once again been removed from the genus Rostrhamus.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Helicolestes hamatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22695051A168789511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22695051A168789511.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Slender-billed Kite - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.