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Black winged kite, Elanus caeruleus, Uran, Maharashtra, India

$Taxon name: Square-tailed Kite\nTaxon scientific name: Lophoictinia isura\nLocation: Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia$

White-tailed kite sitting on a wire

The black-winged kite or black-shouldered kite, Elanus caeruleus, is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

White-tailed kite in flight performing midair food transfer.

Swainson's Hawk with a variety of sky backgrounds

A Black-winged kite soaring through the sky

Black Shoulder Kite is a raptor found in India. A black line above the eyes and black patches on shoulders conspicuous at rest and in flight

The adult black-shouldered kite has predominantly grey-white plumage and prominent black markings on the wings. above its red eyes. Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.

Wildlife, bird of prey. hawk close up with nature background, hawk for background and wallpaper.

Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) flying in the South of the Netherlands

Northern Harrier (male) flying low hunting mice or other small animals in Montana in western USA of North America. This is often called a Grey Ghost.

Very elegant raptor with black, white and grey plumage and bright red eye.

$Taxon name: Letter-winged Kite\nTaxon scientific name: Elanus scriptus\nLocation: Boulia, Queensland, Australia$

A juvenile Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) in flight

Juvenile black-shouldered kite balancing on an overhead wire

black-shouldered kite or black-winged kite flying around in a blue sky with a wings open at tal chappar, churu, rajasthan, india

White-tailed kites are extremely beautiful birds of prey that have a unique system of feeding the family. After the male hunts for a small rodent, like pictured here, it transfers the prey mid-air to the mother so she can feed their offspring. I captured this intriguing process in a beautiful moment where the female brings her talons up in preparation to catch the mouse from her mate.

black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite observed in Jhalana in Rajasthan, India

A young Red-tailed Hawk soaring under a blue summer sky. Copy Space

Black winged kite with red eyes perched on a wire

Pygmy falcon, polihierax semitorquatus. Beautiful bird of prey in Ngorongoro conservation area.

beautiful Black-winged Kite also known as a Black-shouldered Kite soaring gracefully with its striking white and black plumage. Black-winged kite with beautiful brown background in gir forest india

A beautiful White-tailed Kite hunting on a sunny winter day

A black-winged kite, a bird of prey, captures a vole, rests briefly and then flies away with its prey.

Back view of a Rock Pigeon in flight with its wings spread open.

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Marsh Harrier hunting over reedbeds in Woodwalton Fen nature reserve.

Black-winged Kite on the Alentejo plains. Birding in Portugal

The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely-related Australian species of the same name), 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 Palearctic and Afrotropical 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 irises. The owl-like behaviour is even more pronounced in the letter-winged kite (Elanus scriptus), a nocturnal relative in Australia. Although mainly seen on plains, they are sometimes seen on grassy slopes of hills in the higher elevation regions of Asia. They are not migratory, but show nomadism in response to weather and food availability. They are well adapted to utilize periodic upsurges in rodent populations and can raise multiple broods in a single year unlike most birds of prey. Populations in southern Europe have grown in response to human activities, particularly agriculture and livestock rearing.

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