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Definition of Elanoides forficatus
1. Noun. Graceful North American black-and-white kite.
Exact synonyms: Swallow-tailed Hawk, Swallow-tailed Kite
Generic synonyms: Kite
Group relationships: Elanoides, Genus Elanoides
Generic synonyms: Kite
Group relationships: Elanoides, Genus Elanoides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elanoides Forficatus
Literary usage of Elanoides forficatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1918)
"elanoides forficatus. Fisher, AK, The Hawks and Owls of the United ... Elanoides
forficatus. Widmann, Otto, A Preliminary Catalogue of the Birds ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"elanoides forficatus forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. Breeds locally from
Sask., Minn., and SC s. to Argentina; winters s. of US 328. Elanus leucurus. ..."
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