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Blackshouldered Kite ( Elanus caeruleus)

The Blackshouldered Kite is distributed throughout Africa except the Sahara, Iberia, and tropical Asia.

Habitat is bushveld, savanna, woodland and grasslands.

Perches on dead trees or poles from where it hunts. The black shouldered kite hovers over, and drops on its prey with feet extended.

Feeds on rodents, small birds, reptiles and insects. The Blackshouldered kite's flying action looks like a gull.

The Blackshouldered kite likes to nest in thorn trees. The nest is a small pile of twigs lined with grass in a fork near the top of a thorn tree.

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