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  White-tailed Kite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) is an elanid kite found in western North America and parts of South America.
The earliest name for this bird was the White-tailed Kite, and it was given the systematic name Elanus leucurus.
However, it was argued that it was a subspecies of a European and African species, Elanus caeruleus, at the time known as the Black-shouldered Kite (see, for example, Parkes, 1958), and the recognised name was changed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White-tailed_Kite   (337 words)

  
 Round Killing Thing review: Amphipolis Under Siege
Elanus shows she's pretty hot to destroy Eve, but Athena cautions that there's nothing more dangerous than a mother protecting her young, and swears in her father's name to kill the child herself.
Elanus informs Athena that they waited for Xena to enter the village and then blocked off the road behind her.
Elanus congratulates Xena on the battle plan and says that Xena's too late to save her little bardly friend, so they have plenty of time to chat.
www.jetwolf.com /hof/xena/siege.html   (4976 words)

  
 Black-shouldered Kite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia.
The name "Black-shouldered Kite" was formerly used for a European and African species, Elanus caeruleus, and the Australian bird (and also a North American species, the White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus) were treated as subspecies of this.
However the three species are now regarded as distinct, and the name Black-winged Kite is used for E.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black-shouldered_Kite   (474 words)

  
 Slide 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The recent and limited nature of the nocturnal shift is evident in:- the eye (which still has two well-developed foveas, like diurnal but unlike nocturnal, raptors),; the fact that it needs moonlight to hunt; the kite even synchronises its hatching to coincide with the full moon.
I do not yet have a good fundus photograph of the letter wing that shows both foveas in the same shot, but it looks very similar to this next fundus photo from the fl shouldered kite except that there is less blueish sheen and the foveas are slightly further apart.
The close proximity of the pits in the elanid kites and the true "booted" eagles (15-16 deg) emphasises the puzzle of having two foveas.
www.uq.edu.au /nuq/jack/slides/jp4.html   (268 words)

  
 White-tailed Kites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
White-tailed kites, Elanus leucurus, once ranged from Georgia to Florida, across the southern United States and northern Mexico, to California and Oregon.
Where there was once a set of canyons and weather worn rolling hills, covered with chaparral and grasses, and patches of meadow mice, there is now an Elanus Road with its middle class homes and lawns.
Waian, L. The behavioral ecology of the North American White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurius) of the Santa Barbara coastal plain.
www.conservationinstitute.org /whitetailedkite.htm   (810 words)

  
 Avian Watch Asia - Bsk ???
The WTKs used to be known as the BSK, until they split it from the Elanus genus of kites.
All of these (excluding scriptus - never associated with axillaris), were once treated as complex Elanus caeruleus-axillaris-leucurus.
The Letter-winged Kite though related and within the same genus is considered distinct and not associated with the above complex- it ranges in central Australia.
www.avianwatchasia.org /forums/printthread.php?t=1089   (463 words)

  
 TERRITORY-SIZE REGULATION IN BLACK-SHOULDERED KITES
WAIAN, L. The White- tailed Kite in California with observations of the Santa Barbara population.
We studied the relationship of Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) territory size to prey abundance and competitor abundance in northwestern California.
We studied the relationship of the size of Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) hunt- ing territories to prey abundance and compet- itor abundance.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v111n03/p0588-p0595.html   (6241 words)

  
 Kites
The world’s most successful raptor in modern times in terms of range and numbers happens to be a Kite: the opportunistic Black Kite (Milvus migrans) which preys and scavenges around human habitations across most of the Old World, this and the congeneric Red Kite (M.
Like the Black-shouldered, the White-tailed Kite is among the few species of raptors known to occasionally raise a second brood in a season.
The Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a graceful relative of the Elanus kites unique to the New World.
www.saaudubon.org /articles/Kites.html   (673 words)

  
 WTKI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Eisenmann, E. Range expansion and population increase in North and Middle America of the White- tailed kite (Elanus leucurus).
Hawbecker, A. The nesting of the White-tailed kite in southern Santa Cruz county, California.
Waian, L. The behavioral ecology of the North American White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus majusculus) of the Santa Barbara coastal plain.
www.prbo.org /calpif/htmldocs/species/grassland/wtkiacct.html   (2837 words)

  
 Black-shouldered Kite at Bushy Park Wetlands
We are pleased to report that the Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris has been chosen on the Brand Image for Bushy Park Wetlands.
The friends group would like to thank David, Rachael and Jack for taking up our suggestions to improve the wing markings on the draft presented to us for comments.
They lay three or four oval whitish eggs, blotched with reddish brown.
home.vicnet.net.au /~fbpw/black_sk.htm   (259 words)

  
 Kite -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The typical kites in the genus (A genus including the common European kits) Milvus include (Click link for more info and facts about Red Kite) Red Kite and (Dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion) Black Kite.
See also (Click link for more info and facts about Black-winged Kite) Black-winged Kite in the genus (A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds) Elanus.
A kite is also a diamond shaped (A four-sided polygon) quadrilateral.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kite.htm   (310 words)

  
 Avian Watch Asia - Bsk ???
If so, their version is called the White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus, which is from the same family as our local BSK.
Our local BSK, Elanus caeruleus has 4 different sub species alone!
2 main species of Letter-Winged Kite exist, Elanus scriptus and axillaris.
www.avianwatchasia.org /forums/showthread.php?t=1089   (528 words)

  
 BASIS+ Tools: Simple Search
The white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) is one such raptor species that has demonstrated large population fluctuations over the last 150 years.
White-tailed kite populations in North America have undergone dramatic fluctuations since early records of the species from the mid 1800s.
Tissue sampling standard operating protocols SOP) for white-tailed kites (Elanus leucurus).
www.pwrc.usgs.gov /brd/BasisSimpleSearch.cfm?PTS=8327999.7.0&Show=Logo,PTS,Title,Keywords,Leaders,Narrative,Product   (2563 words)

  
 Black-shouldered Kite
Read all about the Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) or watch our live wildlife webcams.
Wings are grey, short,and pointed with fl shoulder patch; tail is short and square-ended.
They attack each other in flight by rolling over and striking upwards with their talons
www.wildcam.com /guides/critter.jsp?animalid=71   (225 words)

  
 Kite at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The typical kites in the genus Milvus include Red Kite and Black Kite.
See also Black-winged Kite in the genus Elanus.
A kite is a human-made object, design to fly by opposing the force of the wind with the tension of a string held by the operator.
wiki.tatet.ru /en/Kite.html   (221 words)

  
 KITE - Online Information article about KITE
All these may be considered true kites, while those next to be mentioned are more aberrant forms.
First there is Elanus, the type of which is E. caeruleus, a beautiful little bird, the fl-winged kite of English authors, that comes to the south of See also:
Europe from Africa, and has several congeners—E. axillaris and E. scriptus of Australia being most worthy of See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KITE.html   (3729 words)

  
 Definition of elanus - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
elanus is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com.
For More Information on "elanus" go to Britannica.com
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www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Elanus   (82 words)

  
 Black-shouldered Kite - Elanus caeruleus - The birds of prey site of Robert Goedegebuur
Black-shouldered Kite - Elanus caeruleus - The birds of prey site of Robert Goedegebuur
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home.hccnet.nl /r.goedegebuur/roofvog/grijzewouwe.html   (121 words)

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