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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
	Order:	Birds of Prey (Falconiformes)
	Family:	Eagle & Hawk (Accipitridae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Australian Black Kite (Milvus migrans ssp affinis)
	This Photo:	Profile, front
	Other names:	Fork-tailed Kite or Torresian Black Kite
	Thank you Bradley W. Jones for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere The tail went from straight edged to forked as it was gliding/flying around.
	Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Sep-2014
This species is classed as  LC (Least Concern)  in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)