White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus - Élanion à queue blanche
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Elanus
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Species:
leucurus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 43 cm
- Wingspan: 100 à 107 cm.
- Weight: 300 à 360 g
Longevity
6 years
Geographic range
Identification
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Elanus leucurus leucurus (n South America to c Chile and Argentina)
- Elanus leucurus majusculus (w and s USA to Panama)
Foreign names
- Élanion à queue blanche,
- Elanio maromero,
- gavião-peneira,
- Weißschwanzaar,
- amerikai kuhi,
- Amerikaanse Grijze Wouw,
- Nibbio codabianca,
- vitstjärtad glada,
- Hvithaleglente,
- luniak bielochvostý,
- luněc americký,
- Hvidhalet Glente,
- amerikanliitohaukka,
- elani de cua blanca,
- kaniuk amerykański,
- baltastes klīja,
- Белохвостый дымчатый коршун,
- オジロトビ,
- 白尾鸢,
- 白尾鳶,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Steve N. G. Howell, Sophie Webb
- Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes