white-tailed kite
Americannoun
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Anu and Dakini, white-tailed kite siblings, were orphaned after their nest tree was chopped down.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2017
Another bird which in my opinion is far nearer extinction than the condor, so far as California is concerned, is the white-tailed kite.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Certainly; with all the pleasure in life: The band-tailed pigeon, the white-tailed kite, the sharp-tailed grouse, the sage grouse, the mountain sheep, prong-horned antelope, California mule deer, and ducks and geese too numerous to mention.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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