Scissor-tailed Kite
Chelictinia riocourii(Temminck, CJ, 1821)
English (US) Scissor-tailed Kite
The Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: savanna of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chelictinia riocourii
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Scissor-tailed Kite
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Elanoides riocourii
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1821)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.15 wrapper, vol.1 pl.85,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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