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Black Kite

Milvus migrans

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Sounds

  • Recording by Jairam Vijayan (XC881012). CC-BY-SA · Source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 7,470, February 5,517, March 8,644, April 13,600, May 19,609, June 21,382, July 22,880, August 19,677, September 14,446, October 10,783, November 5,892, December 4,605.
United States154,506
Alaska154,506
Russia36,767
India5,932
Spain5,481
Australia4,436
France4,052
China3,537
Sverdlovsk Oblast3,224
Altai Krai2,927

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
  • DiurnalActive primarily during the dayFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderHawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies · Accipitriformes
FamilyHawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
GenusMilvus Kites · Milvus

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