Kites, Hawks, Eagles

White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

The White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) is a 346 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

346 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

20

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