Kite

Kite (bird)

by. Nolvyhindarto,S.Si_Encartablog_Animals

Kites
Black Kite
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	class="Hyperlink__Char">Animalia
Phylum:	class="Hyperlink__Char">Chordata
Class:	class="Hyperlink__Char">Aves
Order:	class="Hyperlink__Char">Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:	class="Hyperlink__Char">Accipitridae
Genera
Milvinae Harpagus Ictinia Rostrhamus Helicolestes Haliastur Milvus Lophoictinia Hamirostra   Elaninae Elanus Chelictinia Machaerhamphus Gampsonyx Elanoides

 Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend
a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mostly on class="Hyperlink__Char">carrion
but some take various amounts of live prey.

They are class="Hyperlink__Char">birds
of prey which, along with class="Hyperlink__Char">hawks
and eagles, are from the family class="Hyperlink__Char">Accipitridae.

Species
list

• Subfamily class="Hyperlink__Char">Elaninae




• Genus Elanus




• Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus


• Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris


• White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus


• Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus




• Genus Chelictinia




• African Swallow-tailed Kite, Chelictinia riocourii




• Genus Machaerhamphus




• Bat Hawk, Machaerhamphus alcinus




• Genus Gampsonyx




• Pearl Kite, Gampsonyx swainsonii




• Genus Elanoides




• Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus




• Subfamily Milvinae




• Genus Harpagus




• Double-toothed Kite, Harpagus bidentatus


• Rufous-thighed Kite, Harpagus diodon




• Genus Ictinia




• Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis


• Plumbeous Kite, Ictinia plumbea




• Genus Rostrhamus




• Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis




• Genus Helicolestes




• Slender-billed Kite, Helicolestes hamatus - formerly in Rostrhamus




• Genus Haliastur




• Whistling Kite, Haliastur sphenurus


• Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus




• Genus Milvus




• Red Kite, Milvus milvus




• Cape Verde Kite, Milvus (milvus) fasciicauda - class="Hyperlink__Char">extinct
  (2000)




• Black Kite, Milvus migrans


• Black-eared Kite, Milvus (migrans) lineatus


• Yellow-billed Kite, Milvus (migrans) aegyptius




• Genus Lophoictinia




• Square-tailed Kite, Lophoictinia
  isura




• Genus Hamirostra




• Black-breasted Buzzard, Hamirostra melanosternon

A few of the class="Hyperlink__Char">Perninae
are also called kites.

• Grey-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis


• White-collared Kite, Leptodon forbesi


• Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus

 Notes

 External links

• Weekly Radio Segments from With the Wild Things: Kites

Kite videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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