Currently there are two recognised subspecies of the swallow-tailed kite, theElanoides fortificatus fortificatus, that can be found in eastern and northern Mexico as well as the southeastern states of the U.S., and theElanoides fortificatus yetapa, that spreads across South America, from southe...
a., shaped so as to cut a swallow fork; swallow-hawk, (a) the black-winged kite, Elanus melanopterus; (b) the swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus; † swallow('s) herb = swallowwort 2; swallow-kite, the swallow-tailed kite; swallow pigeon = 3 c; swallow-shrike, a bird ...