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title: "Leptodon szarogłowy"
description: "Leptodon cayanensis — Ptaki. The gray-headed kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gray-headed-kite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Leptodon szarogłowy

> Leptodon cayanensis — Ptaki. The gray-headed kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests.

- Scientific name: *Leptodon cayanensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1731
- Wikidata: [Q1260051](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260051)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5283](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5283)

## Names

- en: Gray-headed Kite
- de: Cayenneweih
- es: Gavilán cabeza gris
- fr: Bec-en-croc de Cayenne
- nl: Grijskopwouw
- pt: Gavião-de-cabeça-cinza
- pl: Leptodon szarogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (431), CR (311), PA (171), MX (165), EC (160), CO (98), PE (43), BZ (39), AR (35), TT (33), GF (30), VE (18)

## Summary

The gray-headed kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests. It shares the genus Leptodon with the extremely rare white-collared kite. It breeds from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and northern Argentina.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray-headed_kite

## Photo

![Leptodon szarogłowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-headed-kite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167025663

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-headed-kite?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).