Name(s):
Threatened species of Square-tailed kite
Nature
The Square-tailed Kite is threatened from habitat destruction, the depletion of food through deforestation, and pastoralism, illegal egg-collecting and shooting.
Background
[Lophoictinia isura] a specialized canopy-dwelling predator, occurs throughout Australia, primarily in coastal and subcoastal areas, in eucalypt forests and woodlands, along wooded watercourses and mallee, sometimes hunting over adjacent heaths and scrubby areas.