Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Date: 12 April 2006
Location: Ukarumpa (Kainantu, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
Notes:
large, black patches on upperwing; white tail with tapering gray line in center of upperside; grayish mantle; deep, steady wingbeats and glide on V; hunted from perch in tree; dropped on V-shaped wings with down-stretched tail and legs (which were yellow)
See general information about Black-winged Kite.

