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Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized hawk.
Striking black-and-white coloring, with white head and body and black wings and tail.
Long, thin, pointed wings.
Long, forked tail.

Habitat:

Wetlands

Notes:

My first time seeing one of these...what a great bird

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