Black-shouldered Kite {Elanus axillaris}
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Black-shouldered Kite
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Black-winged Kite, Common Black-shouldered Kite, Indonesian Kite, Black-Shouldered Hawk, Blackshouldered Kite
Bird Family :
Accipitrinae - Hawks, bazas, honey-buzzards, eagles, kites, vultures, harriers & buzzards ...
Black-shouldered Kite is similar in size and shape but is whitish about the breast and has a white tail. Kites are somewhat similar in shape to falcons but note the different head patterns.
Black-shouldered kites (Elanus notatus) are the other common freeway raptor. These black, grey and white birds aren't quite as delicate in their hovering but they are just as exquisite in their coloration.
Genus Elanus (black-shouldered kites)
Species Elanus scriptus (letter-winged kite)
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White-tailed Kite (Black-shouldered Kite), Elanus leucurus majusulus
White-tailed Hawk, Buteo albicaudatus
Crested Caracara, Polyborus plancus
Greater Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido
Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis ...
Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus ...
BLACK-SHOULDERED HAWK.
[Black-shouldered Kite.]
ELANUS DISPAR, Tem.
[Elanus caeruleus.] ...
The next morning I drove out of Lucinda through the mangrove swamp on either side of the road. Sunbirds, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Crimson Finch, Black-shouldered Kite.
Ivy Cottage at Paluma ...
Kite, Black-winged Elanus caeruleus Found: Africa, Asia, Europe
Photographed by Nico Smit 2) Gerrit de Vries in South Africa 3) Braam Collins in the Kalahari, South Africa 4) Four Oaks in South Africa
Formerly called a Black-shouldered Kite, ...
for female and young from incubation until near fledging. Food transferred from hunter to mate in midair. Often hover with legs dangling. Roost communally in winter (to >100 birds) but usu hunt solitarily. Formerly known as Black-shouldered Kite.
They are heavily dependent upon large populations of small rodents such as mice and voles, and probably have benefited greatly from the introduction of the House Mouse to North America. Previously known as the Black-shouldered Kite.
(Jean leads a regular scheduled count along the San Rafael shore, and welcomes birders of every level to participate). Whether the White-tailed Kite (previously "Black-shouldered Kite") is simply resting on a snag, ...
Black-shouldered Kite Illustration
Blackspot Angelfish, Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Blackspot Anglerfish, Tathicarpus butleri
Blackspot Anglerfish, Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby, 1907
Blackspot Waspfish, Liocranium praepositum ...
 See also: Red kite, Eagle, Falcon, White-tailed Kite, Black kite
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