Australian Black Kite: Body

Australian Black Kite (Milvus migrans ssp affinis)

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:

Body

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.

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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