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    Please help ID this bird. It was taken last week in El Salvador, in Central America. Hopefully IQ is adequate for ID.
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    Hi Enrique- I've checked the Handbook of the Birds of the World and the location and field marks shown in the image suggest a White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus. Note the whitish head, overall light colouration, red eye, yellow cere, longish tail. There is no other Elanus kite with a Central American distribution.
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    thanks John!

    I have another species I would like to ID. Is it OK if I post on a diff thread? I would not want to abuse privileges...

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    Feel free to start another thread Enrique.

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