Additional Information
English Black Kite
Scientific (Milvus migrans)
Order ACCIPITRIFORMES
Family (Latin) Accipitridae
Family (English) Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Other name(s)
Regions PAL, AF, OR, AU
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA) map Sweden,Nepal,Czech Republic,Indonesia,Portugal,Japan,Latvia,Turkey,Bangladesh,Croatia,Slovenia,Israel,India - mainland,Malta,Taiwan,Serbia,Laos,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Iraq,Thailand,Singapore,Belarus,Netherlands,Vietnam,Ukraine,Romania,Greece,Germany,San Marino,Belgium,Monaco,Palestine,Uzbekistan,France,United Arab Emirates,Malaysia,Cambodia,North Korea,Syria,Mongolia,Hungary,Liechtenstein,Pakistan,Hong Kong,Macao,Sri Lanka,China,Gibraltar,Estonia,Armenia,Saudi Arabia,Oman,Turkmenistan,Qatar,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Slovakia,Tajikistan,South Korea,Poland,Moldova,Spain,Australia,Macedonia,Switzerland,Lithuania,Norway,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Papua New Guinea,Iran,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Austria,Kazakhstan,Jordan,Italy,Bhutan,Yemen,Myanmar,Bahrain,Reunion,Kuwait,Georgia,Afghanistan,Denmark,Andorra,Albania,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Montenegro,
Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
migrans s and c Europe to n Africa and sc Asia
lineatus Siberia to Japan, Indochina and India
govinda e Pakistan and India to sw Asia and w Yunnan (s China)
formosanus Taiwan and Hainan (off se China)
affinis Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara to Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Boddaert, 1783)
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German Schwarzmilan
French Milan noir
Chinese 黑鸢
Japanese トビ
Russian Чёрный коршун
Spanish Milano negro
Portuguese milhafre-preto
Bird Data app text Once considered the same species as the [Yellow-billed Kite], which is now the Africa species.
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)