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Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Eight species have been recorded in Michigan. Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (A) Common ground dove, Columbina passerina (C) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) Inca dove, Columbina inca (A) Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura
The swallow-tailed kite was first described as the "swallow-tail hawk" and "accipiter cauda furcata" (forked-tail hawk) by the English naturalist Mark Catesby in 1731. [2] It was given the binomial scientific name Falco forficatus by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae , published in 1758; [ 3 ] he changed this to Falco ...
Genus Elanoides - swallow-tailed kite; Genus Elanus; ... Genus Trigonoceps - white-headed vulture; ... Pigeons and doves
The white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) is a small raptor found in western North America and parts of South America. It replaces the related Old World black-winged kite in its native range. Taxonomy
He characterized the kites as having weaker bill and feebler talons than the buzzards, tail more or less forked, and wings longer than the tail. [5]: 314 In Elanus, he grouped the black-winged kite (now several Elanus spp.), scissor-tailed kite (now Chelictinia), and swallow-tailed kite (now Elanoides). These species all have pointed wings with ...
A red-tailed hawk perched in a tree eating a rabbit. Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (C)
Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
The name Nauclerus was published by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825, [1] and used by other authors in the 19th century.. Vigors' original description contained both the swallow-tailed kite (N. furcatus, also called the Carolina kite [note 1] or forked-tail hawk) and the then-recently discovered scissor-tailed kite (Riocour's kite, [note 1] N. Riocourii), separating them from the Elanus of Savigny.