Scientific name Elanus Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Higher classification Accipitrinae | |
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Lower classifications Black‑winged kite, Black‑shouldered kite, White‑tailed kite, Letter‑winged kite | ||
Small bird of prey blackwinged kite elanus caeruleus
Elanus is a genus of bird of prey in the elanid kite subfamily. It consists of four species.
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- Small bird of prey blackwinged kite elanus caeruleus
- Birds of india black shouldered kite elanus caeruleus sitting in my garden
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The first three species above were considered conspecific as subspecies of Elanus caeruleus, which has been known as the black-shouldered kite.
These are white and grey raptors of open country, with black wing markings and a short square tail. They hunt by slowly quartering the habitat for rodents and other small mammals, birds and insects, sometimes hovering like a kestrel.
Birds of india black shouldered kite elanus caeruleus sitting in my garden
References
Elanus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA