A swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) in flight against a white background.

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The bird was flying over the north beach at the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve as it was hunting.

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Size: 4837px × 3225px
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Photo credit: © Regis Burek / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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