Participant Photo: Raptor name-change?
I learned this as a black-shouldered kite, but everyone I now know calls it a white-tailed kite. When was the name change and why?
Categories: Predatory birds
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I learned this as a black-shouldered kite, but everyone I now know calls it a white-tailed kite. When was the name change and why?
Categories: Predatory birds
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Re your question: I found this on All About Birds:
“White-tailed Kites have a tiny range in the U.S., but they occur throughout the Americas, breeding as far south as Chile and Argentina. A closely related and very similar species, the Black-shouldered Kite, occurs across Europe, Africa, and Asia.”