Talk:Kite (bird)

Habitat

Where abouts in the world are they found? This and much more info neded. Tom Green (talk) 15:58, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

This animal lives in every continent except for Antarctica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:8B7B:9430:29E4:87CA:6153:4C0C (talk) 23:55, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Soaring and hovering kites

I only have access to Australian books, so I don't know whether this usage is a local quirk or more widespread. Perhaps Aussie writers are influenced by a well-known expert author like Debus, or Christidis and Boles? Does anyone have more examples or counter-examples?

• Flegg, Jim (2002). Photographic Field Guide: Birds of Australia (2 ed.). Reed New Holland. p. 29. ISBN 9781876334789.

"Hovering Kites: Subfamily Elaninae (see pages 96–7)
Medium-sized elegant falcon-like birds of prey, characterized by pale plumages and habit of hovering, rather heavily compared with a kestrel, legs dangling. Carnivorous, most prey taken on the ground. Sexes similar."

"Soaring Kites: Subfamily Milvinae (see pages 96–9)
Medium-large birds of prey with long, often angled, fingered wings and long tails, characterized by effortless soaring and great manoeuvrability [sic] in low-level flight. May occur singly or in gatherings at a rich food source. Carnivorous, sometimes hunting, frequently taking carrion. Sexes usually similar."

• Pizzey, Graham Martin; Knight, Frank (2007). Menkhorst, Peter (ed.). The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (8 ed.). Harper Collins Publishers. p. 540. ISBN 9780207199356.

"Elanid (Hovering) Kites
Beautiful small grey-and-white hawks, mostly rodent-hunters. They hover gracefully, 'parachuting' with upraised wings onto prey. One Aust. species is largely nocturnal."

"Milvine (Soaring) Kites
Broad-winged, soaring raptors with small to medium feet and claws; predators of mostly small prey; consummate scavengers. They soar on long broad wings with prominent 'fingertips'."

"Old Endemic raptors
Despite their familiar European names ― Square-tailed Kite, Black-breasted Buzzard, Red Goshawk ― the species are of uncertain relationships. They may represent an early raptor development on this continent from a common buzzard-like ancestor."

Pelagic (talk) 08:44, 17 March 2016 (UTC) [edited Pelagic (talk) 17:42, 17 March 2016 (UTC)]

• Slater, Peter; Slater, Pat; Slater, Raoul (2003). The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (rev. and updated ed.). Reed New Holland.

In page headers: "Large Kites" (p.76, includes Hamirostra and Lophoictinia), "Falcons and Hovering Kites" (p. 80)

• Trounson, Donald; Trounson, Molly (1996). Australian Birds Simply Classified (4 ed.). Smithfield: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. Note that Penny and Jerry Olsen are credited (on p. 236) as special contributors for Section 2 Diurnal Birds of Prey.

"Soaring Kites
The kites in this group are medium to large in size and soar effortlessly on rising air currents. There are five Australian species.
Hovering kites
Elanid kites are smal grey and white raptors that gracefully hover before parachuting down to catch the rodents on which they specialise. Of a world total of four species, Australia has two, the Black-shouldered Kite and the Letter-winged Kite."

Pelagic (talk) 03:42, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

What is a kitehawk (kite hawk)?

Equinox ◑ 14:50, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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