White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) Science Article 2 abstract The South American race of the White-tailed Kite (E. l. leucurus) according to Hellmayr and Conover (‘Catalogue of Birds of the Americas’. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Set. 13, pt. 1, No. 4: 18, 1949) has been found definitely breeding only in Argentina and Chile. ‘The scattered […]
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Food partitioning between breeding White-tailed Kites(Elanus leucurus; Aves; Accipitridae) and Barn Owls(Tyto alba; Aves; Tytonidae) in southern Brazil
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) Science Article 1 abstract I examined the diet of breeding White-tailed Kites (Elanus leucurus; Aves; Accipitridae) and Barn Owls (Tyto alba; Aves; Tytonidae) in an agrarian area of southern Brazil by analyzing regurgitated prey remains. The objective was to evaluate how these raptors, which differ markedly in their hunting activity periods […]
PREY OF THE WHITE-TAILED KITE IN CENTRAL CHILE AND ITS RELATION TO THE HUNTING HABITAT
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) Science Article 3 abstract Between November 1973 and January 1974 we collected 702 pellets of Whitetailed Kites (Elanus lecurus) in two areas of central Chile differing in their vegetation physiognomy (disturbed versus undisturbed). We compared the diversity, age structure, and mean prey size of items found in pelletsf rom both simmTs.h […]
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Elanus leucurus | [authority] Vieillot, 1818 | [UK] White-tailed Kite | [FR] Elanion a queue blanche | [DE] Weissschwanz-Aar | [ES] Elanio Maromero | [NL] Amerikaanse Grijze Wouw Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Elanus are rather small kites. Their wings are long and pointed, the […]