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Black-winged Kite – Specimen 2 – ssp. vociferus – Female

Details

Subspecies: Elanus caeruleus vociferus (Latham, 1790)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-064002

Date: 8 January 2022
Gender: Female
Location: Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Reason for death: Chronic Infection

Overall

Weight: 151 gm
Wingspan: 813 mm
One wing: 390 mm
Body Length with tail: 325 mm
Tail Length: 154 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 51.7 mm
Head Width: 30.0 mm
Beak Length: 21.1 mm
Beak Width: 8.4 mm
Gape Length: 27.0 mm
Gape Width: 26.8 mm

Legs

Femur: 45.8 mm
Tibiotarsus: 61.1 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 30.0 mm
Digit 1: 13.2 mm
Digit 2: 18.2 mm
Digit 3: 22.5 mm
Digit 4: 17.0 mm

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