African Swallow-tailed Kite
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[Photo] Painting of Scissor-tailed Kite, Chelictinia riocourii. Source [Oppenheimer Editions http://www.oppenheimereditions.com/], background cropped out. Originally from Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals (1930). Date Painted April 15, 1927. Author Louis Agassiz Fuertes. License: public domain. Image Source: http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Chelictinia_riocourii_Fuertes.jpg

The African Swallow-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Chelictinia. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen.

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