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Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Milano Tijereta
Gavião-tesoura
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Falco forficatus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 652280
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/03/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 303870
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
12/11/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 296991
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/07/2018
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 296863
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/04/2013
Gabriel Moresco



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235909003/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú Ruta 101, Parque Nacional IguazúAdrian Antunez
169177507/11/2022ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú Ruta 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Dario Juan Wendeler
169181006/11/2022ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú Ruta 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Dario Juan Wendeler
165390807/10/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Parque Nacional IguazúPablo Meoniz
163954601/09/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional IguazúWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
153439422/12/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú7Nicolas Onorato
150342222/11/2021ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Silvina Collado
150091222/11/2021ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Julian Uriel Collado
150055421/11/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Silvina Collado
150037021/11/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Julian Uriel Collado
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.