For some recent decades, it was lumped with the black-winged kite of Europe and Africa as " Elanus caeruleus " and was collectively called "'black-shouldered kite " '.
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The "'black-winged kite "'( " Elanus caeruleus " ) is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels.
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The name " black-shouldered kite " was formerly used for a Eurasian and African species, " Elanus caeruleus ", with the Australian species, " Elanus axillaris ", and the North American species, the white-tailed kite " Elanus leucurus ", treated as subspecies of this.