| Elanine kites | |
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| Pearl Kite | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Clade: | Afroaves |
| Superorder: | Accipitrimorphae |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Elaninae Blyth, 1851 |
Elaninae kites subfamily Elaninae is a subfamily of raptors in the Accipitridae family.
Taxonomy[]
Species[]
Genus Gampsonyx[]
- Pearl Kite, Gampsonyx swainsonii
Genus Chelictinia[]
- Scissor-tailed Kite, Chelictinia riocourii
Genus Elanus[]
- Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus
- Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
- White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
- Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus
| Elaninae (6 species) | |||||||||||
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| Genus (Author) | Common name | Ref | |||||||||
| Gampsonyx Vigors, 1825 |
Pearl Kite | TiF | |||||||||
| Chelictinia Lesson, R, 1843 |
Scissor-tailed Kite | TiF | |||||||||
| Elanus Savigny, 1809 |
Black-winged kite | TiF | |||||||||
References[]
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