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White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus ORDER: ACCIPITRIFORMES FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A medium-sized raptor of open grasslands and savannas, the White-tailed Kite is readily identified by its bright plumage and its habit of hovering while hunting for small mammals.

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Calls

  • Call
    Recorded by Walter A. Thurber
    Usulutan, El Salvador
  • "Kewt" call, twitter, "grrrkkk" call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    California May 2002
  • "Ee-grack" call, "kewt" call
    Recorded by Laura Price
    California June 2000
  • Guttural "grrrkkk" call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    California May 2002
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a whistled yelp.

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