ID Help Please

[Enrique Patino]

Please help ID this bird. It was taken last week in El Salvador, in Central America. Hopefully IQ is adequate for ID.
Thanks!

[John Chardine]

Hi Enrique- I've checked the Handbook of the Birds of the World and the location and field marks shown in the image suggest a White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus. Note the whitish head, overall light colouration, red eye, yellow cere, longish tail. There is no other Elanus kite with a Central American distribution.

[Enrique Patino]

thanks John!

I have another species I would like to ID. Is it OK if I post on a diff thread? I would not want to abuse privileges...

[John Chardine]

Feel free to start another thread Enrique.