Three beautiful pictures of a male Hook-billed Kite made by Carl Beel in Peperpot Plantation near Paramaribo, and then follows a photo of a brown Hook-billed Kite, made by Foek Chin Joe in Suriname. Below the text are two sailing Hook-billed Kites, the first one a dark adult made by Carl Beel and then a juvenile bird, seen by Erik Toorman near the Coppename River in Suriname. As there are so many birds of prey around in Suriname, identifying them is not always easy. The flying bird in the last picture looks like a Hook-billed Kite, because of its shape of its wings (rounded, small at base and broad at the tip) and long tail with two white bars and its rather dark color and the large bill with long hook and the heavy barring at the end of its wings (the primaries). (identified with help of P.K. Donahue). The bird in the first three photos is more easy to recognise. The kite looks peculiar because of the green and orange/yellow combination between eyes and bill. It is rather variable in color, brown, grey and dark morphs are around. The bird is mainly seen in the coastal region in wet woodland. It probably needs the long hook for eating snails.
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.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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Photos of many more birds of prey in Suriname
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