White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Family: Hawks, eagles, and kites
White-tailed Kite is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Most of the hunted insects are consumed on the wing while flying; instead of returning to a perch to feed, these birds transfer the prey from their talons to their beaks while flying to eat.
White-tailed kites feed principally on rodents, small opossums, shrews, reptiles, amphibians, and large insects, and they are readily seen patrolling or hovering over lowland scrub or grassland.
Their eggs are cream-colored with splotches of light and dark brown.