Swallow-tailed Kite Migration: New Articles on Swallow-tailed Kites

Today, 27 August 2019, bioGraphic published a comprehensive article on Swallow-tailed Kite Conservation Biology. We are grateful to Steven Bedard (writer) and Mac Stone Photography for including our research. See the National Audubon’s version of this same story.

Avian Research and Conservation Institute

Once seen along the Mississippi River as far north as Minnesota, the Swallow-tailed Kite's range is now just a third its historic size. In the last 40 years, up to 80% of formerly common bird species have declined.

ARCI works to develop management techniques for these at-risk birds, but we must apply them now, before their recovery becomes impossible.

Since 1996, we have used satellite telemetry to study the ecology of Swallow-tailed Kites, including the 10,000 mile migration they make each year to the humid plains of Brazil and back to the lowlands of the southeast U.S.

Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has gained attention and respect for difficult, problem-solving research on rare and imperiled birds.

Learn more at www.arcinst.org

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

New Articles on Swallow-tailed Kites