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| Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus vociferus
- Adult |
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| Photographer : | © Kiran Poonacha |
| Location : | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Date : |
March 2009 |
| English synonyms: | Black-shouldered Kite, Common Black-shouldered Kite, Indonesian Kite, Black-Shouldered Hawk, Blackshouldered Kite, Blue Kite, Pied Kite (hypoleucus) |
| Bird Family : | Accipitrinae - Hawks, Bazas, Honey-buzzards, Eagles, Kites, Vultures, Harriers & Buzzards |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Caught this beauty cleaning its talons of the rat bits it had just torn up and eaten. - KP |
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