Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hovers in place over grasslands like a kite on a string. Once nearly gone, now back over California oil-field edges.
- Populasi
- Approximately 260,000 individuals; the North American population is described as having increased and spread since about the 1930s, with further increase in the American tropics as forest is cleared
- Habitat
- Open grasslands, savanna-like scrub, marshes, and open agricultural/river-valley country with scattered nesting trees
- Fakta menarik
- The White-tailed Kite is famous for "kiting" — hovering almost motionless on rapidly beating wings while facing into the wind to scan the ground below for rodents before folding its wings and diving to strike with its talons.
- Sebaran
- Pacific coast, southern Texas, and southern Florida in the US through Mexico and Central America to central Chile and Argentina; recovered from near-extinction in North America in the early 20th century and has since expanded into Oregon, Washington, and beyond
- Makanan
- Carnivorous — primarily small rodents (voles, mice, gophers) plus shrews, small reptiles, amphibians, and insects, rarely other birds
- Ukuran
- 0,38 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1 m
- Masa hidup
- 4,3 tahun
