Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Black Kite

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Described by: Boddaert (1783)
Alternate common name(s): Common Kite, Yellow-billed Kite, Pariah Kite, Fork-tailed Kite, Black-eared Kite
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 © William Hull  Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 © William Hull  Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 10, 2002 © William Hull  Akan Crane Center, Akan, Hokkaido, Japan - Nov 16, 2002 © William Hull  Cantenay-Épinard, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de La Loire, France - May 9, 2002 © Alain Fossé 
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Range

Europe, w. Asia, Africa, se. Asia and Australasia. E. Asia and Japan;
Many populations;
(1) Europe from e. Finland to Russia and w. Siberia e. to lower Ob River s. to the Near East in Iran and w. Asia in c. Kazakhstan, Kirghiz steppes, w. Turkestan, Tadzikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal .
Migrant at Hortobagy National Park, Hungary and c. Kenya.
(2) Madeira and the Cape Verde Is.
(3) Egypt in the Nile Valley.
(4) N. Africa from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, Somalia, coastal Kenya and the Red Sea region including s. Arabia (s. Yemen).
(5) Sub-Saharan Africa from s. Mauritania, Senegambia, s. Mali, s. Niger, s. Chad, c. and s. Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya s. to South Africa (Cape Province). Sao Tome. Madagascar and Comoro Is.
(6) India and Sri Lanka to sw. China (w. Yunnan), Indochina and Malaysia. Andaman Is.
(7) The Lesser Sundas (Lombok to Timor Is.), Sulawesi, e. New Guinea w. to Humboldt Bay and Hall Sound, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Fergusson Is.), Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain) and Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia).
(8) C. and e. Asia from Siberia e. of the Ob River across Yakutia and Transbaicalia to the Sea of Okhotsk, Amurland and Ussuriland to Japan n. to Hokkaido s. in the Ryukyu Is., China to Turkestan, n. India (Himalayas of Ladakh, n. Kashmir, n. Assam), n. Nepal, Tibet and ex. n. Burma.
Winters from s. Iraq e. to China, Japan, s. India and se. Asia.
(9) Hainan and Taiwan Is.

Videos

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is flying.

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 11, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is soaring.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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