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Swallow-Tailed Kite

Swallow-Tailed Kite
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The graceful swallow-tailed kite has a long, deeply forked tail. In the United States it is found in the southeastern states, although it once roamed as far north as Minnesota. Kites are members of the largest family of raptors, or birds of prey.
Tom Leach/Oxford Scientific Films/Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, David L. Ross Jr.. All rights reserved.
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