The Swallow-tailed Kite is unmistakable in flight, with a unique silhouette of long, pointed wings and deeply forked tail. This graceful bird rarely flaps its wings while flying, but almost continuously moves its tail, sometimes to nearly 90 degrees, to maintain a flight path, make a sharp turn, or circle.
The main threat to this kite is habitat loss; large areas of the wetland forest have already fallen to logging and development. This habitat is important to many other Neotropical migrants such as Wood Thrush.
Audio recorded by Paul Marvin in Florida.
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