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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: 234838
  Adult
Capanema
Paraná
Brazil
11/10/2014
Andre Junior Pieri
Foto
Photography ID: 209151
  Adult
Capanema
Paraná
Brazil
09/05/2014
Andre Junior Pieri
Foto
Photography ID: 134280
  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
01/28/2014
Luciano Acquaviva
Foto
Photography ID: 95012
  Adult
Berisso
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/21/2014
Silvina Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 75370
  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
11/26/2014
Ramiro Ramirez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
27285721/12/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresLos Talas, BerissoSilvina Collado
34552012/12/2014BoliviaDepartamento de Santa CruzRamadaSamuel Ernesto Olivieri Bornand
21735511/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce CaballeroMarcelo Gavensky
21729310/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaMarcelo Gavensky
43728308/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial de la Sierra Ingeniero Raúl Martínez CrovettoLuis Orlando Krause
21030607/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesComandante AndresitoHéctor Bernardo Fernández
21009507/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDavid Juszczuk
20831030/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaChristian Bisiau
20830630/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesSan PedroChristian Bisiau
20827729/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesComplejo Turístico Don Rodolfo, Santa AnaChristian Bisiau
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 20/03/2026.