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Milvus migrans |
(Boddaert, 1783) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Black kite |
Milan noir |
Milano negro |
Schwarzmilan |
Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
Mainly migratory; at least, shows certain nomadic or dispersive tendency after breeding. Nominate migrants
markedly migratory, wintering mainly in sub-Saharan Africa (S to South Africa), and to lesser extent in Middle
East; lineatus also migratory, although only partially, or even resident, in China and Japan, but some wintering
from SE Asia and Indian Subcontinent, W to Middle East. Race govinda makes movements to avoid monsoon,
and depending on food availability; parasitus shows complex pattern, influenced, like govinda and affinis, by
seasonal rains, with South African populations migrating N after breeding; aegyptius mainly resident, although
appears S to Kenya and Tanzania outside breeding season. Race affinis has resident, partly migratory and
irruptive populations; status of birds in Lesser Sundas uncertain, perhaps only vagrants from Australia. Migrates
in flocks and gathers to cross sea straits: 40,000-60,000 birds in post-breeding migration at Gibraltar each year;
36.690 recorded in spring 1980 at Elat (Israel). (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, Oceania, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan
Africa, West & Central Asia |
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |