Scissor-tailed kite

Scissor-tailed kite
	Flying in Far North Region, Cameroon
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Chelictinia; Lesson, 1843
Species:	C. riocourii
Binomial name
	Chelictinia riocourii; (Temminck, 1821)
Synonyms
	Elanoïdes riocouri Vieillot, 1823? ; Falco riocour Temminck, 1824 ; Elanus riocouri Vigors, 1824 ; Nauclerus riocouri Vigors 1825 ; Nauclerus africanus Swainson, 1837 ; Chelidopteryx riocourii Kaup, 1845 ;

The scissor-tailed kite (Chelictinia riocourii), also known as African swallow-tailed kite or fork-tailed kite, is a bird of prey in the monotypic genus Chelictinia in the family Accipitridae. It is widespread in the northern tropics of Africa.

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