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Shite-hawk
''Shite-hawk'' (also spelled ''shitehawk'') or ''shit-hawk'' or ''shitty hawk'' is a slang name applied to various birds of prey that exhibit scavenging behaviour, originally and primarily the black kite, although the term has also been applied to other birds such as the herring gull. It is also a slang derogatory term for an unpleasant person.
==Origin of the term==
The term "shite-hawk" is believed to have originated as military slang by the British Army in India and Egypt, as a derogatory term for the black kite (''Milvus migrans''), which is notorious for its coprophagous habits, and was despised by soldiers for its habit of stealing food from their plates:
Eric Partridge, a noted expert on etymology and slang, claims that the term was used to refer to the vulture by the soldiers in the British Army in India during the period 1870–1947, although the earliest recorded use of the term in print in the Oxford English Dictionary is 1944.〔 In recent years, in the United Kingdom, the term "shite-hawk" has also been applied to the herring gull (''Larus argentatus''), which is known for its mobbing and scavenging behaviour.〔
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