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| Elanus caeruleus Desfontaines, 1789 |
The Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers.
It is a species primarily of open land and semi-deserts in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, but it has a foothold in Europe in SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc. It nests in trees.
It takes live prey such as small mammals, birds and insects. The slow hunting flight is like a harrier, but it will hover like a Kestrel.
This bird is unmistakable. It has a white head with a black "mask", and white underparts except for black tips to its narrow falcon-likeFor other uses of the word falcon see falcon (disambiguation). About 37; see text. A Falcon is any of several species of bird of the genus Falco such as the Peregrine Falcon which are raptors or " birds of prey". Overview Falcons have thin, pointed wings, wings. Upperparts are blue-grey except for black shoulder patches.
The tail is short and square, quite unlike the more familiar Milvus kiteKites Black-shouldered Kite : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae Subfamilies Milvinae Elaninae Genera Milvinae Harpagus Ictinia Rostrhamus Haliastur Milvus Lophoictinia Hamirostra Elaninae Elanus Chelictinia Machaerhamphus Gampsonyxs.
This species was formerly referred to as the Black-shouldered Kite, but this name is now used for the Australian species, Elanus axillarisBlack-shouldered Kite : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae Elanus axillaris Binomial name Elanus axillaris Latham, 1802) The Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia. Like a, at one time (along with the American White-tailed KiteWhite-tailed Kite : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae Elanus leucurus Binomial name Elanus leucurus Vieillot, 1818) The White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus is an elanid kite found in western North America and parts of South America. E. leucurus) treated as a subspecies of E. caeruleus.
See also Black KiteBlack Kite : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae Milvus migrans Binomial name Milvus migrans Boddaert, 1783) The Black Kite Milvus migrans is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurn, Red Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, White-tailed Kite.