Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
French: Élanion à queue blanche
German: Weißschwanzaar
Spanish: Elanio Maromero
Taxonomy: Milvus leucurus Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Forms superspecies with E. caeruleus and E. axillaris; these three sometimes considered a single species, but morphology and behavioural differences support specific status for E. leucurus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- majusculus Bangs & Penard, 1920 - W & S USA (from Oregon to C Florida, occasionally to South Carolina) and N Mexico; also most of Central America (race uncertain).
- leucurus (Vieillot, 1818) - Panama, S through Amazonia to C Argentina (Mendoza and Buenos Aires) and C Chile (Valdivia).
- Least Concern
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An adult hovering California, USA (ssp majusculus)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2004 3 years ago 14 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile bird hovering Ventura County, California, USA (ssp majusculus)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2001 2 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird hovering in search of a prey Ventura County, California, USA (ssp majusculus)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2001 2 years ago 12 sec 4.4 -
An adult bird hovering and hunting a prey Ventura County, California, USA (ssp majusculus)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2003 2 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
An adult bird perched and looking around Ventura County, California, USA (ssp majusculus)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2004 2 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
A bird flying and hovering Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA (ssp majusculus)
Paul Clarke 2 November 2007 2 years ago 34 sec 4.1
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Overhead view of a white-tailed kite Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA
susanks 6 September 2009 14 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on top of a tree. Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 4 October 2009 23 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird spreading it´s wings. Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 3 October 2009 23 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird perched on a dead tree. Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 3 October 2009 23 weeks ago 3 -
One individual flying Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
kperezleon 23 February 2009 1 year ago 3
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