Above a beautiful photo of a slender-billed kite made by Foek Chin Joe and below the text a picture made by Dominiek Plouvier in Nickerie and one by Ribot near the Coesewijne river, all in Suriname. The last one, in flight, by Carl Beel above bird trail of Peperpot plantation. The bird is often seen in trees in wet places, especially in swamps. It eats snails with its curved bill, like its cousin the snail kite. It doesn't have the white near the tail of the snail kite, but it is totally grey. It is confined to the coastal area. This is a sound of the slenderbilled kite.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest. Rather common in the coastal area, in marshes.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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