white-tailed kite

noun

1. an American kite, Elanus leucurus, having gray plumage with a white head, breast, and tail.

Example Sentences

Anu and Dakini, white-tailed kite siblings, were orphaned after their nest tree was chopped down.

From Washington Post

Another bird which in my opinion is far nearer extinction than the condor, so far as California is concerned, is the white-tailed kite.

From Project Gutenberg

Certainly; with all the pleasure in life: The band-tailed pigeon, the white-tailed kite, the sharp-tailed grouse, the sage grouse, the mountain sheep, prong-horned antelope, California mule deer, and ducks and geese too numerous to mention.

From Project Gutenberg