swallow-tailed kite

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A raptor (Elanoides forficatus) with bold black-and-white plumage and a deeply forked tail, found in the southeast United States and Central and South America.

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• noun graceful North American black-and-white kite