Swallow-tailed kites flash overhead in Florida during the spring months as they hunt just above the tree canopies.

A white-and-black, mid-sized raptor with a deeply forked tail, swallow-tailed kites (Elanoides forficatus) are arguably the most acrobatic and athletic of birds found in the Sunshine State.

A white-and-black, mid-sized raptor with a deeply forked tail, swallow-tailed kites (Elanoides forficatus) are arguably the most acrobatic and athletic of birds found in the Sunshine State.

The western counterpart of the tree swallow, the violet-green swallow has narrower wings and a shorter tail. This species ... to interior mountains. A few birds in southern California, but most ...