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The black kite was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1770. [3] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. [4]
The black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris), also known as the Australian black-shouldered kite, is a small raptor found in open habitats throughout Australia. It resembles similar species found in Africa, Eurasia and North America, including the black-winged kite, a species that has in the past also been called "black-shouldered kite ...
The black-eared kite is somewhat distinct morphologically, but is better considered a well-marked parapatric subspecies. The status of the Cape Verde kite is in doubt; while not a completely monophyletic lineage according to mtDNA data, [8] it is still best regarded as a distinct species. Whatever its status, this population is extinct.
Black-shouldered kite: Elanus axillaris: Letter-winged kite: Elanus scriptus: Oriental honey-buzzard: Pernis ptilorhynchus (A) Black-breasted kite: Hamirostra melanosternon: Square-tailed kite: Lophoictinia isura: Pacific baza: Aviceda subcristata: Little eagle: Hieraaetus morphnoides: Wedge-tailed eagle: Aquila audax: Swamp harrier: Circus ...
This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and subantarctic islands. Australian call-ups are based on the List of Australian birds.
Kite Surfer in Australia Has Once-In-A-Lifetime Encounter With Stingray. Natalie Hoage. April 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM. ... Maps and images reveal scale of LA wildfire devastation. News. Reuters.
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Red kite: Accipitridae: Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) 189 Black kite: Accipitridae: Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) 190 Yellow-billed kite: Accipitridae: Milvus aegyptius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 191 Whistling kite: Accipitridae: Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) 192 Brahminy kite: Accipitridae: Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783) 193 Steller's sea ...