Elanid kite
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An elanid kite, sometimes white-tailed kite, is any of several small, long-winged, hovering raptors. All are specialist rodent hunters and most are members of the genus Elanus. Some authorities list the group as a formal subfamily, Elaninae.
Elanid kites have a near-worldwide distribution, with three endemic species found in the Americas, two in Australia, one each in Africa and southern Asia, while the Black-winged Kite is found over a vast range from Europe and Africa in the west to South-east Asia in the West.
- Family ACCIPITRIDAE
- Subfamily Elaninae
- Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus
- Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
- White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
- Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus
- Scissor-tailed Kite, Chelictinia riocourii
- Bat Hawk, Machaerhamphus alcinus
- Pearl Kite, Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus
- Subfamily Perninae
- Subfamily Milvinae
- Subfamily Accipitrinae
- Subfamily Buteoninae
- Subfamily Aegypiinae: old world vultures
- Subfamily Circinae: harriers
- Subfamily Circaetinae: snake-eagles
- Subfamily Elaninae