Swallow-tailed Kite - Don Gorney
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Whiteland, 4551 North 225 East
Johnson, Indiana, United States
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Map Coordinates: 39.54306, -86.05917
Age
Not specified
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Observation details

Only seen in flight. Easy to recognize due to broad, pointed-wings; forked-tail; black-and-white pattern; and acrobatic flight. Flight feathers black below and grey-black above. Underwing coverts white providing strong black-and-white contrast with flight feathers. Upperwing coverts grey-black except for lesser coverts which were black. Black back. White head and underparts. Tail feathers black with distinctly forked-tail.

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