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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Scissor-tailed Kite* |
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Chelictinia riocourii |
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Description (10)
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Scissor-tailed Kite
© oiseaux.net
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Other Names (World)
Scissor-tailed Kite, African Swallow-tailed Kite, Swallow-tailed Kite, Fork-tailed Kite
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
37 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1822)
Habitat
Dry savanna. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry grassland, hot desert.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Eritrea (B), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Vagrant to Liberia, Yemen.
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Senegambia east to Ethiopia and Somalia, and south to north-eastern Uganda and north-eastern Kenya, in Kedong Valley.
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Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)
Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) [XC708167]
by id from Mairamri \/ Yeleri \/ Bazamri, Konduga, Borno, Nigeria (call, song)
Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) [XC454558]
by Sun Madakan from For\u00eat Class\u00e9e de Kousmar, Kaolack Region, Senegal (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Scissor-tailed Kite see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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