Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
American Swallow-tailed Kite*
Id (Atlas):
Elanoides forficatus
Description (10 )
American Swallow-tailed Kite
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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.
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)... )
Listen to XC326774
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus ) [XC326774 ]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from McClellanville, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States (flight call)
Listen to XC702032
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus ) [XC702032 ]
by Dusan M. Brinkhuizen from San Joaquin (near Puerto Ustarez), Mamore, Departamento del Beni, Bolivia (flight 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
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the American Swallow-tailed Kite see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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