Double-toothed Kite Photo by Ann Doty

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Adult

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Sucumbíos
Date: Jun 16, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Sacha Lodge - Kapok Tower
Sucumbios, Ecuador
with Sacha Lodge guide Oscar Tapuy

The Double-toothed Kite is named for its most distinguishing morphological trait, the presence of two tomial "teeth:" tooth-like emarginations on the cutting edge of the maxilla (upper mandible).