The Snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)

The Snail kite is a bird of prey of the same family (Accipitridae) as Old World vultures, eagles and hawks and is so named after its main food. It is also known as the Snail hawk, Black Kite, Everglade kite and Hook-billed kite.
  

Snail kite  - by Dario Sanches - Wikimedia Commons  - CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientific name

The Snail kite takes it scientific name from Latin with 'rostrum' meaning beak and 'hamus' meaning hook and because of the sociable nesting behavior of this bird 'sociabilis' is added giving it a scientific name of Rostrhamus Sociabilis.  Read more