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Black Kite


Black Kite
Photo Information
Copyright: Nick Acutt (nick27) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 70 W: 10 N: 141] (516)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ50, Kenko 55mm UV filter
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-01-10 0:01
Viewed: 801
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
e Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers.
This kite is a widespread species throughout the temperate and tropical parts of Eurasia and parts of Australasia. Curiously, it is not found in the Indonesian archipelago between the South East Asian mainland and the Wallace Line. Vagrants, most likely of the Black-eared Kite, on occasion range far into the Pacific, out to the Hawaiian islands (AOU 2000).
European and central Asian birds (subspecies M. m. milvus and M. m. lineatus respectively) are migratory, moving to the tropics in winter, but races in warmer regions such as the Indian M. m. govinda (Pariah Kite) or the Australasian M. m. affinis (Fork-tailed Kite), are resident.
In the northern winter, it is therefore common to have a resident race and a distinguishable migrant form present together in these hotter areas.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Milvus
Species: M. migrans
Binomial name
Milvus migrans

Thanks for any critiques,

Nick :-)
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Hi Nick,
So lucky to have done this photo of the black kite!
Is not an easy shot to have done, and you caught the bird in a very good pose, with the wings wide open while gliding.
Well done and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

Hi Nick,

Great capture of this magnifcant bird. Good POV, sharpness and colours.

Thanks for sharing

Pekka

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