Talk:Shitehawk

Red Kite or Black Kite ?
Rod Liddle, the host of a BBC Radio 4 programme, Debating Animals Series 2 : The Kestrel and Red Kite asserts, without citing any evidence, that the Red Kite was historically known as the shitehawk, but there do not appear to be any reliable sources to back up this claim. On the other hand, the OED specifies that the term shitehawk is 20th century military slang for the Black Kite (see entry for shite-hawk if you have access): [deleted] Given that the OED is a far more reliable source than a radio presenter, I am changing this redirect from Red Kite to Black Kite. BabelStone (talk) 19:36, 7 October 2011 (UTC)