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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). The tarsus is fairly short for the size of the bird at 3.3 cm (1.3 in). [10] The body is a contrasting deep black and white.
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A kite in the Aravah near Kibbutz Samar. Desert kites (Arabic: مصائد صحراوية, romanized: maṣāʾid ṣaḥrāwiyya, lit. 'desert traps') are dry stone wall structures found in Southwest Asia (Middle East, but also North Africa, Central Asia and Arabia), which were first discovered from the air during the 1920s.
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The scissor-tailed kite was grouped with the Elanus kites or with the larger American swallow-tailed kite, but in 1843 the French naturalist René Lesson assigned it to a separate genus, Chelictinia. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The genus name Chelictinia is possibly derived from Greek χελιδών or χελιδονι ( chelidon ), meaning swallow, [ 7 ] with ...
It depicts American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin conducting his kite experiment in 1752 to ascertain the electrical nature of lighting. West composed his 13.25 in × 10 in (33.7 cm × 25.4 cm) work using oil on a slate. The painting blends elements of both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. [2]
The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely-related Australian species of the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels.