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The White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) is a common resident of Central California, where I recorded these in the Elkhorn Slough wildlife refuge, near Moss Landing, California. This sample is a pair of breeding adults.
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Jim Corbett National Park - Dhikala
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This example illustrates their "whistle-croak" call common in this species (don't confuse their croak, immediately after the whistle, with the tree frogs also in this recording). While this was recorded, the pair of Kites was hassling a Great Egret which had apparently decided to sit too close to their chosen nesting site.
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Bale Mountains National Park
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This example illustrates their "whistle-croak" call common in this species (don't confuse their croak, immediately after the whistle, with the tree frogs also in this recording). While this was recorded, the pair of Kites was hassling a Great Egret which had apparently decided to sit too close to their chosen nesting site. (MP3 format)
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Nairobi National Park
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Ejido Lagoon
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Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
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2011 Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida
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This Way - Birding Guide: www.carduelis.bio.br
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2016 California Academy of Sciences
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The Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) 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 distinctive, with long-wings, white, grey and black plumage and owl like forward-facing eyes with red irides.
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2016 California Academy of Sciences
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2013 California Academy of Sciences
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The Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) 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 distinctive, with long-wings, white, grey and black plumage and owl like forward-facing eyes with red irides.
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2013 California Academy of Sciences
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The Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) 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 distinctive, with long-wings, white, grey and black plumage and owl like forward-facing eyes with red irides.
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2013 California Academy of Sciences
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The Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) 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 distinctive, with long-wings, white, grey and black plumage and owl like forward-facing eyes with red irides.
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2011 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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WhiteTailed Kite, Taken at Coyote Hills Park 8-09-07
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White Tailed Kite 2
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Kite at shoreline #2
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Whitetailed Kite Flying