Elanoides forficatus.

Elanoides forficatus, a bird of the Eagle family endemic to the New World, is named Swallow-tailed kite in English for its bifurcated long tail feathers. As far as appearance is concerned, the swallow-tailed kite is one of the most unlike raptors. People who see it for the first time often find it hard to believe that it can be regarded as an "eagle". Like other members of the hawk family known as the kite, the swallowtail kite is a very weak chicken predator, because its small claws are too slender, they can only hunt prey much smaller than their own size, usually small lizards, frogs, and insects (Figure 8-9).