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+ | [[Image:Square-tailed_Kite.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tom Tarrant<br />Photo taken: Samsonvale, SE Qld, Australia.]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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− | + | Australia: widely distributed but generally rare with records from all mainland states. Possibly most numerous in Western Australia but nomadic and could be seen virtually throughout the country. Rarest in the south-east. | |
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+ | Open woodland, grassland with scattered trees, riverine woodland and rocky gorges. | ||
+ | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | ==External Links== | ||
+ | {{GSearch|Lophoictinia+isura}} | ||
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=42&bid=560 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=42&bid=560 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] |
Revision as of 17:22, 7 July 2007
- Lophoictinia isura
Identification
Distribution
Australia: widely distributed but generally rare with records from all mainland states. Possibly most numerous in Western Australia but nomadic and could be seen virtually throughout the country. Rarest in the south-east.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open woodland, grassland with scattered trees, riverine woodland and rocky gorges.