Black‑shouldered Kite Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Elanus axillaris
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : The Black-winged Kite
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Black-winged Kite is a small, light grey raptor with a large black patch on the shoulder and pointed wings (adult bird length approximately 33 cm, weight 164 g, wing 27 cm, bill 2.3 cm, tarsus 3.6 cm, tail 12.3 cm). It looks greyish from above and whitish from below. Black-shouldered kites are adaptable birds found in open grasslands or valleys with scattered trees. They forage over various habitats, including grasslands, crops, and urban areas. They avoid dense cover and their numbers can fluctuate with changing environmental conditions.
Other Species from Group
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Aquila rapax
(Tawny Eagle) -
Buteo rufinus
(Long‑legged Buzzard) -
Sarcogyps calvus
(Red‑headed Vulture) -
Spilornis cheela
(Crested Serpent Eagle) -
Aviceda jerdoni
(Jerdon's Baza) -
Accipiter trivirgatus
(Crested Goshawk) -
Aquila heliaca
(Eastern Imperial Eagle) -
Pandion haliaetus
(Osprey) -
Haliaeetus leucogaster
(White‑bellied Sea Eagle) -
Butastur teesa
(White‑eyed Buzzard)
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:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Ani Sarkisyan(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Ani Sarkisyan),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Greg McLachlan(www.xeno-canto.org/Greg McLachlan), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Ani Sarkisyan(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Ani Sarkisyan),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Greg McLachlan(www.xeno-canto.org/Greg McLachlan), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.