Planet of Birds

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Science Article 2 abstract Snyder( 1974) has described the breeding biology of the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus). My observations of their pre-nesting behavior, made while staying at the Archbold Biological Station at Lake Placid, Florida, confirm his on copulations,courtship feeding, and nest-building Lawrence Kilham, Raptor Research 14(1):29-31 Download article download full […]

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Science Article 3 abstract We studied the diets of nesting Swallowtailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus) at eight nests in 1988

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the reproductive behavior of Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus) in northern Guatemala. Modal clutch size was two (range l-2), but no nests succeeded in fledging more than one young. RICHARD I? GERHARDT, Wilson Bull., 109(l), 1997, pp. 112-120 Download article download full text (pdf)

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Science Article 5 abstract Surinam the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is one of the commonest raptors. Present all through the year and sociable at all seasons, it usually occurs in flocks of up to 30 individuals. My records show no evidence that its numbers are augmented at any particular season by […]

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Science Article 4 abstract The Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is an uncommon to fairly common visitorto wetland habitat of central Florida (Stevenson and Anderson 1994). This species iseasily recognized by its deeply forked tail and habit of soaring above the treetops (Kaleet al. 1990) W. BOYD BLIHOVDE, Florida Field Naturalist 30(2):41, […]