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Scissor-tailed Kite - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: African Swallow-tailed Kite

Chelictinia riocourii
Photo by MURAMURA
Murchison Falls National Park Uganda

Identification

Distribution

Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia and northern Somalia, Ivory Coast and Ghana and to Kenya. Migratory and nomadic.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Semi-desert and Savannah.

Behaviour

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