{"id":473956,"date":"2015-11-06T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:55","slug":"black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. The black-winged kite is a species primarily of open land and semi-deserts in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, but it has a foothold within Europe in Spain and Portugal. The species range appears to be expanding in southern Europe and possibly in West Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Black-winged Kite\u00a0<i>Elanus\u00a0caeruleus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-622-473956\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7760\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/black_winged_kite_3.jpg\" title=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - Photo taken at Vejer La Frontera, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - Photo taken at Vejer La Frontera, Spain\" alt=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black_winged_kite_3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7759\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/black_winged_kite_2.jpg\" title=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - Photo taken at Vejer La Frontera, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - Photo taken at Vejer La Frontera, Spain\" alt=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black_winged_kite_2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7758\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/black_winged_kite_1.jpg\" title=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - Photo taken at Vejer La Frontera, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - Photo taken at Vejer La Frontera, Spain\" alt=\"Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-kite-elanus-caeruleus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black_winged_kite_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. 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