Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) [XC294659]
by Paul Marvin from Doutor Pedrinho, Doutor Pedrinho, Santa Catarina, Brazil (flight call)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) [XC267476]
by Douglas Meyer from River Lakes Conservation Area near Viera, Brevard Co, Florida, United States (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).