. . "230"^^ . "Black-shouldered Kite"@en . . "Black-shouldered Kite"@en . . . . . . . . "Australian Black-shouldered Kite"@en . . . . "The black-shouldered kite or Australian black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris), is a species of small bird of prey found in open habitat throughout Australia and resembles similar species found in Africa, Eurasia and North America, which have in the past also been named as black-shouldered kites. Measuring 35\u201338 cm (14\u201315 in) in length with a wingspan of 80\u201395 cm (31\u201337 in), the adult black-shouldered kite is a small and graceful, predominantly pale grey and white, raptor with black shoulders and red eyes. Their primary call is a clear whistle, uttered in flight and while hovering. Though reported across Australia, they are most common in the south-east and south-west corners of the mainland. Their preferred habitat is open grasslands with scattered trees and they are often seen hunting along roadsides. Like all the elanid kites, it is a specialist predator of rodents, which it hunts singly or in pairs by hovering in mid-air above open land. Black-shouldered kites form monogamous pairs, breeding between August and January. The birds engage in aerial courtship displays which involve high circling flight and ritualised feeding mid-air. Three or four eggs are laid and incubated for around thirty days. Chicks are fully fledged within five weeks of hatching and can hunt for mice within a week of leaving the nest. Juveniles disperse widely from the home territory."@en . "The black-shouldered kite or Australian black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris), is a species of small bird of prey found in open habitat throughout Australia and resembles similar species found in Africa, Eurasia and North America, which have in the past also been named as black-shouldered kites. Measuring 35\u201338 cm (14\u201315 in) in length with a wingspan of 80\u201395 cm (31\u201337 in), the adult black-shouldered kite is a small and graceful, predominantly pale grey and white, raptor with black shoulders and red eyes. Their primary call is a clear whistle, uttered in flight and while hovering."@en . . . "LC"@en . . "Elanus axillaris"@en . . "Least Concern"@en . . . . . .