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- Kites are primarily scavangers.
- They have long wings and weak legs.
- They spend most of the time soaring.
- Kites live on insects, but also eat rodents and reptiles.
- Kites are buoyant in flight, slowly flapping and gliding with wings angled back.
- Some species of kites are as graceful as terns.
- Kites build the nest on a main fork or a limb high in a tree.
- They lay four to six dull whitish or bluish eggs.
- They are commonly found along river edges, which provide necessary resources such as fresh water and fish.
- They are the bird of least concern in the IUCN red list.