Birds of the World

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Genus: Elanus (4 species)


Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) Range: AU: Australia (except Tasmania) Willandra National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Photograph by David Cook Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus caeruleus) Range: PAL, AF, OR, AU: widespread South Africa
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) Range: NA, MA, SA: s, w USA to c Argentina Parque Ecológico de Águas Claras, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.

A small thin hawk (the definition of kite) often seen hovering looking for prey, usually small rodents. Often seen near construction areas.
In flight with rat.


Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) Near Threatened Range: AU: c NT and n SA to c QLD and nw NSW (c Australia) Strezilecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Photograph by Mikael Bauer © All Rights Reserved.


Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) Near Threatened Range: AU: c NT and n SA to c QLD and nw NSW (c Australia) Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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