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Red Kite

Milvus milvus

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Description:

Big, wide-winged birds circling high in the air.

Habitat:

Seen above the Agra train station in India.

Species ID Suggestions

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Comments (5)

Thanks for the help. I'm going with Red Kite for now, but will adjust as the conversation continues
Also, some forms of Black Kite do show white on the inner sections of the primaries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bird_of_prey_in_Hong_Kong.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Milvus_migrans_-Kathmandu,_Nepal-444.jpg
Could be. What threw me off were the number of "fingers" (primaries) extending. Red Kite usually show five, but Black Kite show six. In pic 2 I counted 6 fingers, but in pic 1 I counted 5.
I thought black kite at first, too, but if you look closely you can see the wing tips are muck lighter. Black kites have wings of uniform color, red kites have white patches at the tip.
Red Kite or Black Kite, not sure which.

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PublishedMarch 15, 2012

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