#elanoides

[herpsandbirds]

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Coastal GA, USA

Photograph via: UGA Coastal Ecology Lab

[great-and-small]

Kites in flight

[dendroica]

Swallow-tailed Kite (via USFWS Midwest Region)

Photo by Grayson Smith/USFWS.

[gentlexwind]

//Lil doodle of a precious bird

[herpsandbirds]

Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Peru

Photograph by JJ Pamplona

[herpsandbirds]

Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Big Cypress National Preserve, East TX, USA

Photographs via: National Park Service

[herpsandbirds]

Hey! Fellow southerner here, have you done a post about swallow-tailed kites yet? They're some of my favorite local raptors and I'd love to see them get a feature. :]

They return every February, and I always eagerly await them!

Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, FL, USA

The North American population breeds along the SE coast of the US, and overwinters in Central and South America.

There is a small disjunct population which also breeds in TX.

Photographs by Andrew Morffew & Peter Brannon

Sharing a tasty lizard!

Photograph by James Gray

Drinky drink!!!

photograph by Bill Hoag

[herpsandbirds]

Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, FL, USA

Photographs by Andrew Morffew & Peter Brannon