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Elanoides forficatus

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
   swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

   {Fork-tailed flycatcher} (Zo["o]l.), a tropical American
      flycatcher ({Milvulus tyrannus}).

   {Fork-tailed gull} (Zo["o]l.), a gull of the genus {Xema}, of
      two species, esp. {X. Sabinii} of the Arctic Ocean.

   {Fork-tailed kite} (Zo["o]l.), a graceful American kite
      ({Elanoides forficatus}); -- called also {swallow-tailed
      kite}.

Source : WordNet®

Elanoides forficatus
     n : graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn: {swallow-tailed
         kite}, {swallow-tailed hawk}]
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