Swallow-tailed Kite eating prey in flight near Monteverde

Swallow-tailed Kite eating prey in flight near Monteverde - Swallow-tailed Kite
El Sol, Santa Elena, near Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (August 2012)

Also known as American Swallow-tailed Kite.

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For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Swallow-tailed Kite / Internet Bird Collection
Swallow-tailed Kite / Bird Forum
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Elanoides forficatus
BirdLife International / American Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus