Raptors Kites

• American Swallow-tailed Kite  - The Raptor Center furnishes physical characteristics, range, names, habitat, feeding habits, status, and nesting information.
• Animal Diversity Web: Red Kite (Milvus milvus)  - Furnishes migration details, habitat tolerance, size differences, fledging, first flight, nesting and mating habits, primary diet, predators, and relatives.
• BBC Nature: Red Kite (Milvus milvus)  - Features pictures, size and description, range, habitat, feeding habits, groups, parenting, fledging, reintroduction, and voice.
• Migratory Bird Center: Mississippi Kite  - National Zoo Bird-of-the-Month page discusses this species' aerial displays, courtship rituals, migration and wintering, and breeding range.
• Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)  - Details from Animal Diversity look at taxonomy, distribution, physical description, mass and wingspan, breeding interval, parenting, social behavior, diet, and ecosystem roles.
• Peregrine Fund: Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)  - Reviews images and map of distribution, weight and wingspan, lowland habitats, feeding adaptations, age at maturity, meaning of scientific name, and parenting.
• Red Kite  - RSPB guide gives distribution, related birds, status, audio clip, videos, family, species overview, and links to additional information.
• Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)  - Detailed factsheet explains style of flight, size and coloring, similar species, seasonal ranges and map, habitat, and other names.
• Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)  - University of Michigan ADW page lists range, migration, different biomes, appearance, length, mating calls, hunting groups, communication, diet, status, and other names.
• Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)  - Peregrine Fund offers photographs, range map, measurements, habitat, diet, nests, name derivation, and additional facts.
• White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)  - Information covers size, favorite areas, range map, preferred diet, incubation, source and meaning of name, eye color, and hunting strategy. From The Peregrine Fund.