small birds (such as ruddy ground doves), frogs and insects (such as cockroaches); it usually sits on a high open perch from which it swoops on its prey. The call is a high musical pip-pip-pip-pip or kitty-kitty-kitty. Notes References External links Pearl Kite videos on the Internet Bird Collection Pearl Kite photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res Illustration, plate IX in The Genera of Birds, 2ed. vol. 1 (G. R. Gray, 1849) Synonymy in Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the British Museum, (Sharpe 1874). pearl kite pearl kite Birds of the Guianas Birds of Brazil Birds of the Amazon Basin Birds of Trinidad and Tobago Birds of Nicaragua Birds of Costa Rica Birds of Panama Birds of prey of South America pearl kite