Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus - Élanion blanc

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Elanus

  • Species
    :

    caeruleus

Descriptor

Desfontaines, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 37 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 77 à 92 cm.
  • Weight
    : 197 à 343 g
Longevity

6 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Élanion blanc
adult
Élanion blanc
First year

Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Elanus caeruleus caeruleus (sw Iberian Pen., Africa, sw Arabia)
  • Elanus caeruleus vociferus (Pakistan to e China, Malay Pen. and Indochina)
  • Elanus caeruleus hypoleucus (Greater and Lesser Sundas, the Philippines, Sulawesi and New Guinea)

Foreign names

  • Élanion blanc,
  • Elanio común,
  • peneireiro-cinzento,
  • Gleitaar,
  • kuhi,
  • Grijze Wouw,
  • Nibbio bianco,
  • svartvingad glada,
  • Svartvingeglente,
  • luniak sivý,
  • luněc šedý,
  • Blå Glente,
  • liitohaukka,
  • Blouvalk (Blouvalkie),
  • esparver d'espatlles negres,
  • Völsungur,
  • kaniuk (zwyczajny),
  • melnplecu klīja,
  • lebduh,
  • Дымчатый коршун,
  • Elang tikus,
  • カタグロトビ,
  • 黑翅鸢,
  • เหยี่ยวขาว,
  • 黑翅鳶〔黑肩鳶〕,

Voice song and cries

Élanion blanc
adult

Habitat

Élanion blanc
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Élanion blanc
published: - Updated: 12-11-2008
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