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swallow-tailed kite
(redirected from Elanus forficatus)

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swallow-tailed kite
n.
A raptor (Elanoides forficatus) with bold black and white plumage and a deeply forked tail, found along the southeast and Gulf coasts of the United States and common in Florida.
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Noun1.swallow-tailed kite - graceful North American black-and-white kiteswallow-tailed kite - graceful North American black-and-white kite
kite - any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
Elanoides, genus Elanoides - a genus of kites


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