White-tailed kite Elanus leucurus
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Length: 14.5 inches Wingspan: 40 inches
Sexes similar
Medium-sized, graceful, long-winged hawk
Pointed wings
Long, squared-off tail
Short, dark, hooked beak
Red eye ...
White-tailed Kite ( Elanus leucurus )
White-tailed Kite
Photograph by Kevin Cole. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
Song: White-tailed Kite (pair of breeding adults), White-tailed Kite "Whistle-croak" call
Migration: Generally a permanent resident throughout its normal range, but individuals can wander widely.
Similar Species: Mississippi Kite ...
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus majusulus
Photo © 1996 David Sarkozi ...
White-tailed Kite has white tail and black spots on wings.
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Birding Basics ...
White-Tailed Kite
How lucky we are on the West Coast to see the elegant White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) in such relative abundance.
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus. Occasional in winter and fall in Gulf Coast and Inland Coastal Plain regions. Found in grasslands, cultivated fields, and on partially cleared lands.
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA, 01 Jan
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus: along Rte 17, Delaware County, NY, 09 Jan ...
White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (C)
Steller's Sea-Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus (C) ...
Kites are classified in three subfamilies: Elaninae, or the white-tailed kites; Perninae, or the fork-tailed kites (and honey buzzards); and Milvinae, or the true kites.
Both the Swallow-tailed Kite and the less common White-tailed Kite are sensitive to habitat changes, but little is known about either bird.
name area season diet/native food plants
Bald Eagle
** THREATENED ** ...
Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus ...
 See also: Hawk, Eagle, Swallow, Mississippi kite, Osprey
  
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