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white-tailed kite

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Noun1.white-tailed kite - grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regionswhite-tailed kite - grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions
kite - any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
Elanus, genus Elanus - a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds


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VIEWABLE The south end of Fern Ridge Lake is a good place to see white-tailed kites (above) and red-shouldered hawks, both of which appear to be expanding their range into this area from the south.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We saw a wood duck, plain chachalacas, white-tailed kites, great kiskadees, and golden-fronted woodpeckers" Zieger says, describing some of the nearly 40 species they encountered that day.
As red-tailed hawks soared in the distance, some of the participants talked about the pair of seldom seen white-tailed kites they had glimpsed earlier.
 
 
 
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