Elanus is a genus of bird of prey in the elanine kite subfamily. It was introduced by the French zoologist Jules-César Savigny in 1809 with the black-winged kite as the type species. The name is from the Ancient Greek elanos for a "kite".
Elanus
Image: 2011 black winged kite
Image: Black shouldered Kite Sandy Hollow
Image: Elanus leucurus Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brazil 8
An elanine kite is any of several small, lightly-built raptors with long, pointed wings.
Elaninae
Image: Black shouldered Kite Sandy Hollow
Image: Scissor tailed Kite
Image: Pearl Kite (15119841226)