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Kite (bird) - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about the kite bird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_(bird)
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Beauty of Birds: Kites
Kites are smaller raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. They occur naturally in the warmer regions of this world.
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/kites.html
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Kite - Bird - Britannica
Any of numerous birds of prey belonging to one of three subfamilies (Milvinae, Elaninae, Perninae) of the family Accipitridae.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/kite-bird
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Red Kite - Milvus Milvus - ARKive
Learn more about the Red kite with amazing Red kite videos, photos and facts on ARKive.
http://www.arkive.org/red-kite/milvus-milvus/
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The RSPB: Red kite
This magnificently graceful bird of prey is unmistakable with its reddish-brown body, angled wings and deeply forked tail. It was saved from national extinction by one of the world's longest running protection programmes, and has now been successfully re-introduced to England and Scotland.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/r/redkite/
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Birds of North America: Kites
The order Accipitriformes contains the diurnal (active during the day) birds of prey: hawks, goshawks, eagles, kites, vultures, ospreys, secretary birds. These birds have sometimes been considered part of the Falconiformes which contains the falcons, but DNA evidence indicates the orders should be separate.
http://carolinabirds.org/HTML/NA_Raptor_Kite.htm
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Swallow-tailed Kite - Audubon Field Guide
Our most beautiful bird of prey, striking in its shape, its pattern, and its extraordinarily graceful flight. Hanging motionless in the air, swooping and gliding, rolling upside down and then zooming high in the air with scarcely a motion of its wings, the Swallow-tailed Kite is a joy to watch.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/swallow-tailed-kite
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Mississippi Kite - Audubon Field Guide
One of our most graceful fliers, this kite glides, circles, and swoops in pursuit of large flying insects. Despite the name, it is most common on the southern Great Plains.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/mississippi-kite
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Mississippi Kite, Identification - AllAboutBirds
Learn how to identify Mississippi Kite, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A graceful, long-winged raptor, the Mississippi Kite is found in scattered localities across the southern and central United States.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mississippi_Kite/id
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Swallow-tailed Kite, Identification - AllAboutBirds
Learn how to identify Swallow-tailed Kite, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A strikingly marked raptor of wetlands in the southeastern United States, the Swallow-tailed Kite captures flying insects or plucks insects and lizards from the tops of trees.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Swallow-tailed_Kite/id
