---
title: "Milhafre-de-rabo-quadrado"
description: "Lophoictinia isura — Aves. The square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) is a medium-sized bird of prey native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/square-tailed-kite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Milhafre-de-rabo-quadrado

> Lophoictinia isura — Aves. The square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) is a medium-sized bird of prey native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Lophoictinia isura*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1957
- Wikidata: [Q1118561](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1118561)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5286](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5286)

## Names

- en: Square-tailed Kite
- de: Schopfmilan
- es: Milano colicuadrado
- fr: Bondrée à queue carrée
- nl: Kortstaartwouw
- pt: Milhafre-de-rabo-quadrado
- pl: Kanialec czubaty

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1840)

## Summary

The square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) is a medium-sized bird of prey native to Australia. It is in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers.

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

## Photo

![Milhafre-de-rabo-quadrado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/square-tailed-kite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109352733

## Machine access

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