Black Kite Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Milvus migrans
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : Black Kite is a large dark rufous-brown raptor with a long forked tail and a white primary patch on the underwings.Adult shows dark rufous-brown color along with black bill,brown iris and pale yellow legs and feet.Both sexes look alike and juvenile has a broad hitish or buffish streak on the head and belly.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Neophron percnopterus
(Egyptian Vulture) -
Gyps bengalensis
(White‑rumped Vulture) -
Sarcogyps calvus
(Red‑headed Vulture) -
Haliaeetus leucogaster
(White‑bellied Sea Eagle) -
Pernis ptilorhynchus
(Oriental Honey‑buzzard) -
Aviceda leuphotes
(Black Baza) -
Lophotriorchis kienerii
(Rufous‑bellied Eagle) -
Nisaetus cirrhatus
(Changeable Hawk Eagle) -
Accipiter badius
(Shikra) -
Aviceda jerdoni
(Jerdon's Baza)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Philip Herbst (www.inaturalist.org/people/Philip Herbst ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;vir joshimore information, please contact us.
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Philip Herbst (www.inaturalist.org/people/Philip Herbst ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;vir joshimore information, please contact us.