Dictionary - Definition of Elanus

Definition: Elanus


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds.[Wordnet].
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"Elanus" is a common misspelling or typo for: Leans, Elands, Élans, Élan's, Élan us.

Date "Elanus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: Elanus

Expressions	Definition
Elanus leucurus	Grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Elanus	A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Extended Definition: Elanus

Elanus

Elanus

Black-winged Kite

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Elanus Savigny, 1809

species

E. caeruleus
E. axillaris
E. leucurus
E. scriptus

Elanus is a genus of bird of prey in the elanid kite subfamily. It consists of four species.

Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus

The first three species above were considered conspecific as subspecies of the Black-shouldered Kite.

These are white and grey raptors of open country, with black shoulder markings and a short square tail. They hunt by slowly quartering the habitat for rodents and other small mammals, birds and insects., sometimes hovering like a kestrel.

References

Ferguson-Lees, Christie, Franklin, Mead and Burton Raptors of the World ISBN: 0713680261

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Elanus". Image Credit.
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