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title: "Jaskólak"
description: "Elanoides forficatus — Ptaki. The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a pernine raptor which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/swallow-tailed-kite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jaskólak

> Elanoides forficatus — Ptaki. The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a pernine raptor which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina.

- Scientific name: *Elanoides forficatus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14622
- Wikidata: [Q430540](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430540)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5301](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5301)

## Names

- en: Swallow-tailed Kite
- de: Schwalbenweih
- es: Milano tijereta
- fr: Naucler à queue fourchue
- nl: Zwaluwstaartwouw
- pt: Gavião-tesoura
- pl: Jaskólak

## Countries with the most observations

US (9534), BR (826), CR (753), EC (557), MX (317), CO (276), PA (266), AR (225), PE (189), CA (127), GF (103), HN (101)

## Summary

The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is a pernine raptor which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. It is the only species in the genus Elanoides. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow-tailed_kite

## Photo

![Jaskólak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swallow-tailed-kite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324794424

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/swallow-tailed-kite?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).