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Elanus Kites
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Elanus Kites

Elanus

Elanus is a genus of birds of prey in the elanine kite subfamily of the family Accipitridae. The four species in the genus are widely distributed.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

White-tailed Kite

speciesElanus leucurus

Black-winged Kite

speciesElanus caeruleus

Black-shouldered Kite

speciesElanus axillaris

Letter-winged Kite

speciesElanus scriptus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Elanus Kites in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.689

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5273.