Swallow-tailed kite: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the swallow-tailed kite lives – recorded in 22 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Elanoides forficatus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	22 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	36.5 g (birth weight); 542 g (male organism, adult weight); 612 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the swallow-tailed kite live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the swallow-tailed kite in 22 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a swallow-tailed kite?

Wikidata records the following for the swallow-tailed kite: mass 36.5 g (birth weight); 542 g (male organism, adult weight); 612 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the swallow-tailed kite endangered?

The swallow-tailed kite’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the swallow-tailed kite?

The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Elanoides. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the swallow-tailed kite

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Swallow-tailed kite (revision 1358250710), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q430540 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).