Editing Swallow-tailed kite (section)

== Taxonomy and systematics ==

The swallow-tailed kite was first described as the "swallow-tail hawk" and "''accipiter cauda furcata''" (forked-tail hawk) by the English naturalist [[Mark Catesby]] in 1731.<ref name="Catesby1731">{{cite book|last1=Catesby|first1=Mark|title=The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Volume 1|date=1731|location=London|page=4|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126524#page/80/|chapter=The swallow-tail hawk|volume=1 }}</ref> It was given the [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial scientific name]] ''Falco forficatus'' by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition]] of ''Systema Naturae'', published in 1758;<ref name="Linn1758">{{cite book|last1=Linnæi|first1=Caroli|author-link1=Carl Linnaeus|title=Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturæ, tome 1|date=1758|publisher=Laurentii Salvii|location=Holmiæ (Stockholm)|page=59|edition=10th|language=la}} [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/106/ BHL / Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref>  he changed this to ''Falco furcatus'' in the 12th edition of 1766.<ref name="Linn1766">{{cite book|last1=a Linné|first1=Caroli|author-link1=Carl Linnaeus|title=Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturæ, tome 1|date=1766|publisher=Laurentii Salvii|location=Holmiæ (Stockholm)|page=129|edition=12th|language=la}} [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/133/ BHL / Harvard University Botany Libraries]</ref> The latter spelling was used widely during the 18th and 19th centuries, but the original spelling has precedence. The [[genus]] ''Elanoides'' was introduced by the French ornithologist [[Louis Pierre Vieillot]] in 1818.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Vieillot  | first=Louis Pierre | author-link=Louis Pierre Vieillot | year=1818 | title=Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle Appliquée aux Arts. Volume 24 | volume=24 | place=Paris | publisher=Chez Deterville | page=101 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.20211 | language=fr | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45177345 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1979 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 1 | volume=1 | edition=2nd | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=288 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108928 }}</ref> The name is from [[Ancient Greek]] {{transliteration|grc|elanos}} for "kite" and {{transliteration|grc|-oides}} for "resembling".<ref name=jobling>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first= James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n144 144] }}</ref>