Labels:bird | cooper's hawk | earth | goshawk | sky | tree OCR: Hook -billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus This is mainly a species of tropical pue | sub-tropical forests in Latin pue South America In North America it occurs as far north as southern exas and lives mainly in thorn-scrub vegetation along the Rio Grande valley It has an unusually large pue strongly hook ed beak whose size varies pue related to the size of the prey it eats which s mostly tree snails Both sexes are similar in size bur have different plumages color variant exists but has not been found Texas populations This s a medium-sized raptor. Male pue female birds are similar in size Averages: wingspan 36 in. length 8 in weight 0 This medium-sized an ppo easily distinguished in the field by its unusually Iarge pue strongly hooked beak, paddle-shaped wings pue short stump-like legs It l ...
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