swallow-tailed kite

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

swallow-tailed kite - graceful North American black-and-white kite Elanoides forficatus, swallow-tailed hawk 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