white-tailed kite

white-tailed kite
an American kite, Elanus leucurus, having gray plumage with a white head, breast, and tail.

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  • White-tailed Kite — Taxobox name = White tailed Kite status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 300px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Accipitridae genus = Elanus species = E. leucurus binomial = Elanus… …   Wikipedia

  • white-tailed kite — noun grey and white American kite of warm and tropical regions • Syn: ↑Elanus leucurus • Hypernyms: ↑kite • Member Holonyms: ↑Elanus, ↑genus Elanus * * * noun : a kite (Elanus leucurus maju …   Useful english dictionary

  • white-tailed kite — baltauodegis palšasis peslys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Elanus leucurus angl. white tailed kite vok. Weißschwanzaar, m rus. белохвостый дымчатый коршун, m pranc. élanion à queue blanche, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • swallow-tailed kite — noun graceful North American black and white kite • Syn: ↑swallow tailed hawk, ↑Elanoides forficatus • Hypernyms: ↑kite • Member Holonyms: ↑Elanoides, ↑genus Elanoides * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • Swallow-tailed Kite — Taxobox name = Swallow tailed Kite status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Accipitridae genus = Elanoides species = E. forficatus binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • swallow-tailed kite — an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail. [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

  • kite — kite1 kiter, n. kitelike, adj. /kuyt/, n., v., kited, kiting. n. 1. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2. any of several small birds of the hawk family Accipitridae that have long,… …   Universalium

  • Kite (bird) — Kites Black Kite Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • kite — n 1. box kite, tetrahedral kite, dragon kite, eddy kite, Hargrave or cellular kite. 2. small hawk, bird of prey, black kite, swallow tailed kite, white tailed kite, elanet. v 3.Informal. ascend, mount, rise, arise, uprise, go up, get up, come up …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Elanid kite — Taxobox name = Elanid kites image caption = Swallow tailed Kite regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Accipitriformes familia = Accipitridae subfamilia = ElaninaeAn elanid kite, sometimes white tailed kite, is any of several… …   Wikipedia

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