Black-winged Kite
Four subspecies described...primarily
of open land and semi-deserts in Sub-
Saharan Africa and tropical Asia.
of open land and semi-deserts in Sub-
Saharan Africa and tropical Asia.
Elanus caeruleus caeruleus
(L 12-14" WS 31.4-37.4"
Wt 10.3 oz)
Wt 10.3 oz)
All my pretty ones?
Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?
What, all my pretty chickens
and their dam
and their dam
At one fell swoop?
(Wm. Shakespeare, Macbeth)
Nairobi National Park
18Oct2014
© Peter
Kaestner
Kaestner
Macaulay
Library
Library
Elanus in Greek means kite;
caeruleus in Latin means
steel blue.
caeruleus in Latin means
steel blue.
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