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Black-winged Kite – Specimen 1 – ssp. vociferus – Female

Details

Subspecies: Elanus caeruleus vociferus (Latham, 1790)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-064001

Date: 12 December 2021
Gender: Female
Location: Kalol
Reason for death: Unknown

Overall

Weight: 136 gm
Wingspan: 831 mm
One wing: 385 mm
Body Length with tail: 326 mm
Tail Length: 65.8 mm
Primary Projection: 32.8 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 52.4 mm
Head Width: 25.3 mm
Beak Length: 16.4 mm
Beak Width: 9.2 mm
Gape Length: 26.6 mm
Gape Width: 26.2 mm

Legs

Femur: 47.8 mm
Tibiotarsus: 59.5 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 28.5 mm
Digit 1: 13.2 mm
Digit 2: 18 mm
Digit 3: 23.6 mm
Digit 4: 15.8 mm

Full Wing - Dorsal View
Full Wing - Ventral View

PrimariesWing Feathers

P10 (193 mm) Compare

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P9 (207 mm) Compare

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P8 (210 mm) Compare

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P7 (189 mm) Compare

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P6 (173 mm) Compare

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P5 (157 mm) Compare

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P4 (146 mm) Compare

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P3 (137.2 mm) Compare

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P2 (126.2 mm) Compare

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P1 (120.4 mm) Compare

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Secondaries/TertialsWing Feathers

S1 (121.9 mm) Compare

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S2 (120.8 mm) Compare

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S3 (120.7 mm) Compare

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S4 (120.9 mm) Compare

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S5 (116.4 mm) Compare

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S6 (116.8 mm) Compare

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S7 (114.8 mm) Compare

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S8 (114.3 mm) Compare

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S9 (114.0 mm) Compare

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S10 (109.2 mm) Compare

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S11 (105.2 mm) Compare

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S12 (98.5 mm) Compare

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Alulas

A1 (70.9 mm) Compare

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A2 (64.0 mm) Compare

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A3 (54.4 mm) Compare

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RectricesTail Feathers

R1 (110.7 mm) Compare

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R2 (120.8 mm) Compare

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R3 (132.4 mm) Compare

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R4 (122.8 mm) Compare

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R5 (132.1 mm) Compare

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R6 (130.8 mm) Compare

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