Swallow-tailed kite

Swallow-tailed kite
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Elanoides; Vieillot, 1818
Species:	E. forficatus
Binomial name
	Elanoides forficatus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	E. f. forficatus (Linn. 1758) ; E. f. yetapa (Vieillot, 1818) ;
	Distribution: Year-round Breeding Migration
Synonyms
	Elanus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Falco forficatus Linnaeus, 1758; Falco furcatus Linnaeus, 1766; Elanoides yetapa Vieillot, 1818 (now a subspecies); Nauclerus furcatus Vigors, 1825; Milvus furcatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a pernine raptor which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. It is the only species in the genus Elanoides. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round.

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