Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus aegyptius

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– buzzard-sized raptor
– potential vagrant in the WP, African origin
– probably mainly non-migratory

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, AD
BIF1335, 10/02/2014, Republic of Uganda, Mathias Putze


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, AD
BIF1335, 19/12/2014, Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia, Mathias Putze


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, AD
BIF1337, 10/02/2014, Republic of Uganda, Mathias Putze


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, AD
BIF1338, 08/02/2014, Republic of Uganda, Mathias Putze


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, IMM
BIF1339, 24/01/2014, Republic of Uganda, Mathias Putze


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, IMM
BIF1340, 24/01/2014, Republic of Uganda, Mathias Putze


Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius, IMM
BIF1341, 24/01/2014, Republic of Uganda, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– usually nonvocal during migration

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Red Kite (v)
Black Kite (v)
Black-eared Kite (v)
Booted Eagle (v)

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