White-tailed Kite - All About Birds
网页Grasslands and savannas are great places to fly a kite and that's exactly where you will find the White-tailed Kite, flying as if it were attached to a kite string. With its body turned toward the wind and wings gently flapping, it hovers above the ground, a behavior that’s so distinctive it’s become known as kiting.
White-tailed Kite | Audubon Field Guide
网页At a Glance. As recently as the 1940s, this graceful hawk was considered rare and endangered in North America, restricted to a few sites in California and Texas. In recent decades, it has increased greatly in numbers and spread into many new areas.
White-tailed kite - Wikipedia
网页The white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) is a small raptor found in western North America and parts of South America. It replaces the related Old World black-winged kite in its native range. Taxonomy
White-tailed Kite Identification - All About Birds
网页With its body turned toward the wind and wings gently flapping, it hovers above the ground, a behavior that’s so distinctive it’s become known as kiting. From above it tips its head down to look for small mammals moving in the grass below. Its white underparts, gleaming white tail, and black shoulder patches are its other marks of distinction.
White-tailed Kite Life History - All About Birds
网页White-tailed Kites are common in savannas, open woodlands, marshes, desert grasslands, partially cleared lands, and cultivated fields. They tend to avoid heavily grazed areas. The White-tailed Kite eats mainly small mammals, but …
White-tailed Kite - eBird
网页Identification. Mostly white, small hawk. Gray wings and back with black shoulders. Hovers over open areas in search of mice, snakes, and other prey. Perches atop tall vegetation in open landscapes including coastal plains and agricultural areas.
White-Tailed Kite - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
网页The White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) is a small raptor found in North America and parts of South America. These are birds of open country with extremely sharp eyesight suited for rodent and small mammal hunting. Diurnal. Carnivore. Arboreal. Predator. Soaring birds. Gl.
White-tailed Kite - The Peregrine Fund
网页As its name implies, the White-tailed Kite has a bright white tail. In fact, it is pure white over much of its body, including its belly and head. It has black shoulders and wing-tips, grayish wings and back and penetratingly bright red eyes. Its feet and cere are bright yellow, and its beak is a slate grey.
White-tailed Kite Fact Sheet – HawkWatch International
网页White-tailed Kites are distinctly white overall with strongly contrasting black ‘shoulders’ and dark carpal spots on underwings; Two age classes: adult and 1st-year (juvenile) Adults are clean white below, with plain grayish upperparts and black shoulders; male averages paler above than female, with a whiter head, but differences are marginal
White-tailed Kite - Cascades Raptor Center
网页White-tailed Kite. Scientific Name: Elanus leucurus. Not often confused with other raptors, the White-tailed kite can be identified in the field fairly easily. Small to medium in size, kites have long white tails with relatively long, thin and pointed wings.
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