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 LC    Swallow-tailed Kite* Id (Atlas):
    Elanoides forficatus Vagrant

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Swallow-tailed Kite, American Swallow-tailed Kite

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
56 - 66 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, mangroves, dry frest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Anguilla (P), Antigua and Barbuda (P), Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados (P), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica (P), Dominican Republic (P), Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada (P), Guadeloupe (P), Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti (P), Honduras, Jamaica (P), Martinique (P), Mexico, Montserrat (P), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (P), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (P).

Vagrant to Bermuda, Canada, Spain, Uruguay.

Population
Estimated population is 150,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

 
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) [XC844661]
     by John A. Middleton Jr. from Serra do Arrepio, Brazil (song)

 
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) [XC531920]
     by id from Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida, United States (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Coastal south-eastern USA to northern Mexico.
  • yetapa (Vieillot, 1818)   -  Southern Mexico (except Yucatán) south through Central America (excluding El Salvador) to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).



References
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Files:
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