Swallow-Tailed Kite Small 320×257 Medium 640×514 Large 1024×822 Download TIFF Original 2400×1926 | (1.6 MB) Description The Swallow-Tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a large bird of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Keywords Accipitridae, bird of prey, Elanoides forficatus, large bird, swallow-tailed kite Galleries Birds: J-L Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)