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The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have experienced dramatic declines or fluctuations. [ 2 ]
A Mississippi kite looks at a bee caught in midair. The diet of the Mississippi kite consists mostly of larger-bodied invertebrates and insects (which they capture in-flight), seasonally feeding on a variety of cicadas, crickets, grasshoppers and locusts and other crop-damaging insects, making them agriculturally and economically beneficial for ...
Black kite soaring. Kite is the common name for certain birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, particularly in the subfamilies Elaninae and Perninae and certain genera within Buteoninae. [1] The term is derived from Old English cȳta (“kite; bittern”), [2] possibly from the onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *gū- , "screech." [3] [4]
The black-eared kite is somewhat distinct morphologically, but is better considered a well-marked parapatric subspecies. The status of the Cape Verde kite is in doubt; while not a completely monophyletic lineage according to mtDNA data, [8] it is still best regarded as a distinct species. Whatever its status, this population is extinct.
[8] [9] The body is a contrasting deep black and white. The flight feathers, tail, feet, bill are all black. Another characteristic is the elongated, forked tail at 27.5–37 cm (10.8–14.6 in) long, hence the name swallow-tailed. The wings are also relatively elongated, as the wing chord measures 39–45 cm (15–18 in).
Ornithologists say it is the second seen in the island after one was observed in October 2018.
The black kite, known in military slang as the shite-hawk Look up shitehawk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shite-hawk (also spelled shitehawk ) or shit-hawk or shitty hawk [ 1 ] is a slang name applied to various birds of prey that exhibit scavenging behaviour, originally and primarily the black kite , although the term has also been ...
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