Swallow-tailed Kite
Common
Name: Swallow-tailed Kite
(STKI)
Scientific
Name:
Elanoides
forficatus
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not
on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
Mexico
- Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOM) para la Proteccion Ambiental (Official
Mexican Standards for Environmental Protection) – Rare;
U.S.
– Bird of Conservation Concern
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 138 (Meyer 1995)
Distribution:
Breeds locally from South Carolina south to the upper Florida Keys,
and west to Louisiana and (formerly) c Texas (recent possible breeding
records from e Texas); and from Chiapas south through most of Middle
America (except El Salvador) and South America (including Trinidad), west
of the Andes to nw Peru and east of the Andes to n Argentina, Uruguay, and
s Brazil. Formerly bred north
to
Oklahoma
, e
Kansas
, e
Nebraska
, nw
Minnesota
, s
Wisconsin
, and
Ohio
. Winters primarily in South
America from
Colombia
and
Venezuela
southward; recorded occasionally in winter in
Middle America
(AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Forested regions, often bottomland or riverine forest, also open
pine woodland,
Montane
Evergreen
Forest
(Tropical and Subtropical zones) (AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs (Number in ( ) is Physiographic Area number):
East Gulf Coastal Plain Conservation Plan (4); Peninsular Florida
Conservation Plan (2); Texas Avian Research Projects- TARP (Texas Partners
in Flight 2001); BNA No. 138 (Meyer 1995); PIF Monitoring Needs document
(Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo2 (BBS trends have very
low precision); Mo4 (2/3 or more of Western Hemisphere breeding range is
south of
U.S.
(PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct South American surveys (PIF Monitoring
Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct migration monitoring (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc)
- Third
priority monitoring action – Conduct species-specific surveys,
noting that some exist in some areas (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- Better
STKI Population Estimates for Gulf Coast - Gather population estimates for STKI along
East Gulf Coastal Plain flood plains (East Gulf Coastal Plain);
Determine number of breeding pairs of STKI in West Gulf Coastal Plain
(TARP - West Gulf Coastal Plain)
- Information
on interchange among subpopulations of STKI (BNA)
Habitat
Needs/Ecology/Life History
- Determine
what is limiting populations of STKI and why STKI nest on the edge of
openings near human habitation? (TARP
-
West
Gulf
Coastal Plain)
- Information
on post-breeding dispersal of STKI; expansion of our knowledge of STKI
ecology & conservation needs (BNA)
Effects
of Management Practices
- Evaluate
effectiveness of existing Best Management Practices on industrial
forest lands & recommend improvements (Peninsular Florida)
Migration
- Information
on migration routes and ecology of STKI (BNA)
Wintering
- Information
on wintering sites in STKI (BNA)
Demographics
- How
successful (productivity) are the STKI in West Gulf Coastal Plain?
(TARP -
West
Gulf
Coastal Plain)
- Information
on the demography of STKI (BNA)
Genetics/Taxonomy/Systematics
- Examination
of the basis for present classification as related to the validity of
subspecific designation (BNA)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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