Whistling Kite: Adult, Ventral In Flight

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Birds of Prey (Falconiformes)

Family:

Eagle & Hawk (Accipitridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)

This Photo:

Adult, Ventral In Flight

Thank you Jack Morgan for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
Very large. We thought kites were smaller.
Brown wings and buff breast.
Juveniles have white wing tips which show up as "freckles".
Regular white patches on its back and wings when at rest.

Similar Species: Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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