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| − | [[Image:Black-shouldered_Kite.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer | + | [[Image:Black-shouldered_Kite.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer. Photographed near Sydney, Australia.]] |
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| − | Photographed near Sydney, Australia. | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Present species is endemic to Australia. | + | |
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Present species is endemic to [[Australia]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Also known as Australian Kite. This taxon has been split from ''Elanus caeruleus'' which is called [[Black-winged Kite]] in Opus, however, several taxonomic authorities still use the name Black-shouldered Kite for ''Elanus caeruleus''. There is therefore lots of confusion in the naming of these species. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Elanus+axillaris}} | {{GSearch|Elanus+axillaris}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=42&bid=564 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=42&bid=564 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] |
Revision as of 01:57, 14 October 2007
- Elanus axillaris
Identification
Distribution
Present species is endemic to Australia.
Taxonomy
Also known as Australian Kite. This taxon has been split from Elanus caeruleus which is called Black-winged Kite in Opus, however, several taxonomic authorities still use the name Black-shouldered Kite for Elanus caeruleus. There is therefore lots of confusion in the naming of these species.
