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Black-winged kite
File:Black-Winged Kite Elanus caeruleus.jpg
E. c. vociferus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Inopinaves
Clade: Afroaves
Superorder: Accipitrimorphae
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Elaninae
Genus: Elanus
Species: E. caeruleus
Binomial name
Elanus caeruleus
(Desfontaines, 1789)
Subspecies
  • E. c. caeruleus
  • E. c. hypoleucus Gould, 1859
  • E. c. vociferus (Latham, 1790)
Synonyms
  • Falco cæruleus Desf., 1789
  • Falco vociferus Latham, 1790
  • Falco melanopterus Daudin, 1800
  • Elanus cæsius Sav., 1809
  • Elanus melanopterus Leach, 1817

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