Gray-headed kite / Leptodon cayanensis

The Grey-headed kite has a very broad diet including many insects, honeycombs, wasp, bees and their larvae, birds, snakes, arboreal geckos, frogs and even mollusks. It has also been seen in association with arboreal mammals and patiently waiting for traveling groups of monkeys to flush large arthropods such as katydids or cicadas. This gray-headed kite was eating a Smilisca spp at La Selva, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. If you want to enjoy more about the natural beauties of Costa Rica, you are welcome to visit my page: