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RM2WEFF9X–A black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as a black-shouldered kite, perches in a tree in North West, South Africa. The bird is known for ho
RM2A2MH6P–Elanus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. This Eurasian and African species was sometimes combined with the Australian black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris) and the white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) of North and South America which together form a superspecies. This kite is
RM2CNHB48–. A dictionary of birds . Haliastuk. (After Swainson.) Elanoides. fishing Eagle. Less doubtful is the place of Elanus, the type of whichis E. cxndeus, a beautiful little bird, the Black-winged Kite of Englishauthors, that comes to the south of Europe from Africa, and hasseveral congeners—E. axillaris and E. scriptus of Australia beingmost worthy of notice. An extreme development of this form isfound in the African Nauderus riocouri, as well as in Elanoides furcatus,the Swallow-tailed Kite, a widely-ranging bird in America, andremarkable for its length of wing and tail, which gives it a marvel-
RM2A2MH6R–Elanus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. This Eurasian and African species was sometimes combined with the Australian black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris) and the white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) of North and South America which together form a superspecies. This kite is
RM2CP3A64–. A dictionary of birds . a beautiful little bird, the Black-winged Kite of Englishauthors, that comes to the south of Europe from Africa, and hasseveral congeners—E. axillaris and E. scriptus of Australia beingmost worthy of notice. An extreme development of this form isfound in the African Nauclerus ?iocouri, as well as in Elanoides furcatus,the Swallow-tailed Kite, a widely-ranging bird in America, andremarkable for its length of wing and tail, which gives it a marvel-lous power of flight, and serves to explain the unquestionable factof its having twice appeared in Great Britain. To Elanus
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