The Betsimisaraka tribe of Madagascar tell a fable explaining why fowls scratch the earth, and why kites scream as they fly: A fowl borrowed a needle from a kite, but the needle being lost, the kite said, I am not contented with your losing my needle, so that is why the fowl scratches the ground, […]
Category: Accipitridae
Bird stories, Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
The Mbuti tribe believes that if a pregnant woman or her husband eat this bird, a baby with an extraordinary large head may be born to them. The Tembo tribe of the Congo consider the species as a cure. Its feathers and claws are used to cure benign epilepsy. For the medical treatment, feathers and […]
Bird stories, Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
The Mono Indians of the Sierra Nevada, never kill their sacred black eagles, but pluck out the feathers of those that die and wear them on their heads. When they succeed in capturing a young one, after two weeks the village makes a great celebration. On July 4, 1776, on the afternoon following the morning […]
Pre-Nesting Behavior Of The Swallow-Tailed Kite (Elanoides Forficatus), Including Interference By An Unmated Male With A Breeding Pair
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 […]
Food Deliveries At Swallow-Tailed Kite Nests In Southern Florida
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Science Article 3 abstract We studied the diets of nesting Swallowtailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus) at eight nests in 1988
Siblicide In Swallow-Tailed Kites
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)
Roosting habits of the Swallow-tailed Kite.
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 […]
Agonistic Behavior In The Swallow-Tailed Kite
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, […]
Nesting of Jerdons Baza Aviceda jerdoni and Black Baza A. leuphotes in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India
Jerdons Baza (Aviceda jerdoni) Science Article 1 abstract Jerdon?s Baza Aviceda jerdoni and Black Baza A. leuphotes have similar distributions in south, east and north-east India to South-East Asia and China (Grimmett et al. 1998, Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). Their breeding biology is relatively poorly known, although some information has been published e.g. Baker (1935), […]
Breeding biology of the grey-faced buzzard (butastur indicus) in northeastern china
Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the breeding biology of the Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) in Zuojia Nature Reserve, linlin province, China from 1996-98. Grey-faced Buzzards are summer residents in northeastern China. Nesting sites were occupied in March and annual reoccupancy was 60%. Grey-faced Buzzards built new or repaired old nests […]