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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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Photography ID: 610553
  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/18/2024
Gabriel Carbajales
Foto
Photography ID: 174740
 Las Heras
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/10/2016
Gonzalo José Alves
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Photography ID: 95012
  Adult
Berisso
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/21/2014
Silvina Collado



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238194403/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresTapera de López2Nicolas Olejnik
219808818/11/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
65964717/12/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta Rasa1Sebastián Otero
65885017/12/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaRamon Moller Jensen
170214105/11/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresBerissoWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
63757204/11/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresAv. 66 y costa del Rio de la Plata, Berisso1Gustavo Adolfo Herrera
52361004/01/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresBella Vista, San Miguel1Emilio Peña
50802829/11/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresCruce del camino Belgrano con el camino Centenario, Parque Pereyra Iraola1Pablo Meoniz
50091910/11/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Provincial Nº6 Km 126, Las HerasGonzalo José Alves
27285721/12/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresLos Talas, BerissoSilvina Collado
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.