It has two subspecies:[5], H. s. filifera at Pocharam lake, Andhra Pradesh, India, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wire-tailed_swallow&oldid=980612793, Articles lacking in-text citations from October 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 13:31. The Swallow-tailed Kite is a member of the Accipitridae Family (Kites, Hawks & Eagles) Family in the Order Accipitriformes. It has brilliant glossy blue upperparts and a chestnut forehead and crown that contrasts with clean white underparts. Image of forficatus, beak, flying - 113012106 It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and … It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. i have to send them in two emails as i am not able to send all 14 photo’s in one email. The two raptors have been spotted in Kendall for the past 10 days. These birds are solitary and territorial nesters, unlike many swallows, which tend to be colonial. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and … It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter. The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a pernine raptor which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. The bird has a length of about 19 cm. In flight it shows long pointed wings with black flight feathers and white wing linings. A very distinctive swallow with two long, thin feathers on its outer tail from which it gets its name. The sexes are similar in appearance, but the female has shorter "wires". It migrates in large flocks to … Swallow-tailed Kite: The largest of North America kites, has black upperparts which contrast with white head and underparts. Has a 15-16 inch-long black tail with deep fork. This bird has a slow buoyant flight compared to barn swallow. They are considered Abundance Common according the Thayer Birding software. (of a flag) having a triangular indentation in the fly so as to create two tails. Listen to Swallow-tailed kite on bird-sounds.net - a comprehensive collection of North American bird songs and bird calls. Our most beautiful bird of prey, striking in its shape, its pattern, and its extraordinarily graceful flight. Juveniles have a brown crown, back and tail. Wire-tailed swallow. Hirundo erythrogaster (Boddaert, 1783) The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. The white-tailed swallow is a small swallow belonging to the family Hirundinidae and is endemic to Oromia, Ethiopia. A very distinctive swallow with two long, thin feathers on its outer tail from which it gets its name. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter. Their common name is derived from their very long tail feathers which look like two wires. complete life cycle of two tailed swallowtail November 21, 2010 Location: dirt road 4 miles north of nederland colorado in western boulder county hi daniel, here are the photo’s i was telling you about of the complete life cycle of two tailed swallowtails. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round. The lilting Swallow-tailed Kite has been called “the coolest bird on the planet.” With its deeply forked tail and bold black-and-white plumage, it is unmistakable in the summer skies above swamps of the Southeast. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. Two subspecies of Violet-green Swallow are recognized, one migratory and one resident in northwestern Mexico. The neck, breast and belly are white. Wire-Tailed Swallow is a small bird of passerine family and it is an Indian bird that bears a scientific name of ‘Hirundo smithii".The Asian form of Wire-Tailed Swallow is found in southern Uzbekistan south through Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India east to south-western Nepal, Burma (Myanmar), northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and central Vietnam. They are 24 inches (60 cm) with a very long black forked tail, white head, chest, belly and leading portion of underwing. Photo about Two Swallow-tailed kite birds mate on top of a dead tree in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary of Naples, Florida. African Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii smithii - Leach, 1818) African form found in sub-Saharan Africa; specifically in western Africa from Senegal east to southern Mali south to the central Ivory Coast east to central and southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, and south (avoiding the central rainforest zone) to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and northeastern South Africa. having an end or part suggesting a swallow's tail. [4] The species is named for the very long filamentous outermost tail feathers, which trail behind like two wires. They are typically seen low over water, with which they are more closely associated than most swallows. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. The swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) is a species in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae), found mainly in east-central South America.Most authorities place it in the genus Eupetomena, although some place it in Campylopterus based on song and the thick shafts of the males' first primaries. It has bright blue upperparts, bright white underparts and a chestnut cap. Lacking the fierce brow possessed by most birds of prey, this kite’s dove-shaped, gleaming This bird is found in open country near water and human habitation. Flying with barely a wingbeat and maneuvering with twists of its incredible tail, it chases dragonflies or plucks frogs, lizards, snakes, and nestling birds from tree branches. We have also put together a list of fun Swallow-tailed Kite t-shirts, Swallow-tailed Kite bird patches, bird houses, bird feeders, binoculars, stickers and other fun bird watching items. Birding enthusiasts theorize they were knocked off their normal path from the hurricane. The swallow-tailed kite is a long-distance migratory species, the specimens belonging to the E. f. fortificatus species, breeds in the southeastern states of the U.S. – from east Texas all the way to South Carolina and Florida (in the past this species was found further north, as far as Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio). The Asian form, H. s. filifera, is larger and longer-tailed than the abundant African H. s. smithii. They are placed on vertical surfaces near water under cliff ledges or nowadays more commonly on man-made structures such as buildings and bridges. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. 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