Some of the endangered species include the American chaffseed and the swallow-tailed kite.

Swallow-tailed Kites are not listed as endangered or threatened by the federal government in the United States.

Swallow-tailed Kites inhabit mostly woodland and forested wetlands near nesting locations.

Wildlife include gopher tortoises, swallowtail butterflies, swallow-tailed kites, and song birds.

Young Swallow-tailed Kites are duller in color than the adults, and the tail is not as deeply forked.

As a result, Mr. Mallard said, one rare species after another has returned, including bald eagles and swallow-tailed kites.

The refuge also provides nesting areas for wood ducks, great horned owls, osprey and Swallow-tailed Kites.

Wildlife on the land include white-tailed deer, wild turkey, bobcats, Swallow-tailed Kites, and wading birds.

Along with Swallow-tailed Kites they share the unique habit of carrying away an entire nest with nestlings to a feeding perch.

Specialist birds include Limpkin, Barred Owl and, in summer, Swallow-tailed Kite.

Among the wildlife of the park are Bald Eagles, Swallow-tailed Kites, and Florida manatees.

Animals living in the area include gopher tortoises, alligators, river otter, wild turkey, swallow-tailed kite, Florida scrub-jays and wading birds.

Bald Eagles, Ospreys, Swallow-tailed Kites, and Mississippi Kites can occasionally be seen soaring overhead.

Wildlife surveys and censuses provide useful information regarding various Refuge species including Bald Eagles, Swallow-tailed Kites, breeding birds, and amphibians.

Migrant raptors include short-tailed hawks, sharp-shinned hawks, merlins, peregrine falcons and swallow-tailed kites, while bald eagles and ospreys nest in the park.

In longer-tailed species, such as Swallow-tailed Kite, Secretary Bird and European Honey Buzzard, for example, juveniles have shorter rectrices than adults do.

The park includes floodplain swamps, pine flatwoods, upland mixed forests and seasonal wetlands; habitats for gopher tortoises, swallow-tailed kites, alligators and song birds.

In 1981, De Lue critiqued and facilitated the acceptance of Letts' Swallow-tailed Kite to the permanent collection of Brookgreen Gardens.

The Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina.

Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex) is not uncommon, while the African Swallow-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) is a not uncommon dry season visitor.

The Scissor-tailed Kite or African Swallow-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) is the representative of the monotypic genus Chelictinia in the Accipitridae family.

The Swallow-tailed Kite feeds on small reptiles, such as snakes and lizards and frogs, large insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets, small birds and eggs, and small mammals.

Besides the panthers, the refuge is home to Big Cypress Fox Squirrels, Bobcats, Florida Black Bears, American Alligators, Swallow-tailed Kites and several Wood Stork rookeries.

The Mississippi River is a major bird migration corridor: the refuge is located within an area of high importance for neotropical migratory birds, including the swallow-tailed kite, which is a species of special concern.

The Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina.