Black Kite / Milvus migrans LC

Synonyms Black, Yellow-billed or Black-eared Kite, Black or Black-eared Kite [excl. aegyptius], Black or Black-eared Kite, Egyptian Kite
Old latin name for bird Haliaetus lineatus, Milvus lineatus, Falco migrans

Black Kitebird sounds *

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Flight call, © Mandar Bhagat
India
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Call, © Peter Boesman
India
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Call, © Pascal Christe
Switzerland
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Flight call, © Albert Lastukhin
Russian Federation
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Call, © Bernard BOUSQUET
France
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Call, © Jerome Fischer
Switzerland
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Call, © Guido O. Keijl
Saudi Arabia
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Call, juvenile, © Antony Schubert
Japan
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Call, © Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin
Germany
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Begging call, call, flight call, © Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin
Germany

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Yellow-billed Kite

Red Kite

Where to see Black Kite

Breeding region Africa, Australasia, Eurasia, Oriental Region
Breeding subregion widespread

Map
List of countries (179)

Black Kite subspecies (5)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Milvus migrans affinis	Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara to Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia	-	No
Milvus migrans formosanus	Taiwan and Hainan (off se China)	-	No
Milvus migrans govinda	e Pakistan and India to sw Asia and w Yunnan (s China)	-	No
Milvus migrans lineatus	Siberia to Japan, Indochina and India	s, se Asia to Sumatra	No
Milvus migrans migrans	s and c Europe to n Africa and sc Asia	s Africa	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Swart/Geelbekwou, Swartwou
Albanian	Huta e zezë bishtgërshërë
Arabic	حدأة سوداء, الحدأة, الحدية, الحدأة السوداء, الحدأة الحدية
Armenian	[Sev Tsin ], Սև Ցին
Assamese	চিলনী
Azerbaijani	Qara çərpələnmək, Qara çalağan
Basque	Miru beltz, Miru beltza, Milà negre
Belarusian	Чорны каршун
Bengali	ভুবন চিল
Breton	Ar barged du, Barged du
Bulgarian	Черна каня
Catalan	milà negre
Chinese	[hei yuan], 鳶, [ma ying], [yuan], 麻鹰, 鹞鹰, 老鸢, 额力也, 鸢, 黑耳鸢, 老鷹, 黑鸢, 黑鳶 (麻鷹), [lao-ying], 黑鳶
Chinese (Traditional)	黑鳶, 鳶, 老鳶, 額力也, 鷂鷹
Chuvash	Хăлат
Croatian	Crnkasta lunja, crna lunja
Czech	Lunák hnedý, luňák hnědý
Danish	Sort Glente
Dutch	Zwarte Wouw
Esperanto	Nigra milvo
Estonian	must-harksaba
Faroese	Svartgleða
Finnish	haarahaukka
French	Milan noir, Milan noir ou M. brun, Milan noir ou M. brun [excl. aegyptius], Milan d'Egypte, Milan d'Afrique
Frisian	Swarte Glee
Galician	Milà negre, Miñato negro, Millafre negro
Georgian	ძერა
German	Schwarzmilan
Greek	Τσίφτης
Gujarati	સમડી
Hebrew	מצויה, דיה שחורה
Hindi	Paria parundu
Hungarian	barna kánya
Icelandic	Vatnagleða
Indonesian	Burung Elang Paria, Elang paria, Alap-alap hitam
Irish	Cúr dubh, Cúr Dhubh
Italian	Nibbio bruno
Japanese	トンビ, トビ
Kannada	ಕಪ್ಪು ಹದ್ದು
Kashmiri	گانٛٹھ, [Gaant]
Kazakh	Қарақұ, Қара кезкұйрық
Korean	솔개
Latvian	Melnā klija, melnā klīja
Lithuanian	juodasis peslys
Luxembourgish	Bronge Schéierschwanz, Schwaarze Schéierschwanz
Macedonian	Црна луња, црна луња
Malagasy	hitsikitsika, Papango, Tsimalaho
Malay	Burung Helang Ekor Cabang, Helang Merah, Burung Lang Bangkai, Helang Kembara Hitam, Burung Lang Gelap
Malayalam	ചക്കിപ്പരുന്ത്, ചക്കി പരുന്ത്‌
Maltese	Astun Iswed
Manx	Fammanmooar doo
Marathi	घार
Mongolian	Сохор элээ
Nepali	कालो चील
Northern Sami	Ruškessuorrehávut
Norwegian	svartglente
Norwegian Nynorsk	Svartglente
Oriya	ମାଟିଆ ଚିଲ
Persian	کورکور سیاه
Polish	kania czarna
Portuguese	milhafre-preto, milhafre preto
Punjabi	ਇੱਲ
Romanian	Gaie neagră
Romansh	Milan stgir
Russian	Chyorny Korshun, Чёрный коршун, Коршун черный, Черный коршун
Serbian	mrka lunja, Мрка лунја, Мрка луња, Crna lunja
Slovak	haja tmavá
Slovenian	črni škarnik, crni škarjek, crni škarnik
Spanish	Milano negro
Swahili	Mwewe, Mwewe Domo-jeusi
Swedish	brun glada, Brunglada, brun glada/gulnäbbad glada
Tamil	Kalla Parundhu, [Paria parundu]
Telugu	నల్ల గ్రద్ద
Thai	เหยี่ยวดำ, เหยี่ยวดำใหญ่, เหยี่ยวดำ/เหยี่ยวหูดำ
Turkish	Kara Çaylak, Қара кезқұйрық, Siyah çaylak
Ukrainian	Черний шуліка, шуліка чорний, Чорний шуліка
Vietnamese	Diều, Diều hâu, Chim Diều hâu, Chim Diều hâu đen, Chim Diều, Ó Diều
Welsh	Barcut du, Barcud ddu, Barcud du
Zulu	unhloyile