A Black-Shouldered Kite, also sometimes referred to as a Black-winged Kite (Elanus axillaris), feeding on a Xeric four-striped grass mouse in the Auob

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A Black-Shouldered Kite, also sometimes referred to as a Black-winged Kite (Elanus axillaris), feeding on a Xeric four-striped grass mouse in the Auob riverbed of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Southern Africa.

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Photo credit: © TONY CAMACHO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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