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Revision as of 10:59, 5 July 2007
- Haliastur indus
Identification
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
RANGE: Southern Asia to Australia. Breeds in much of India and Sri Lanka and in mainly coastal areas from Burma and southern China south to Malaya and from the Philippines, Borneo and Sumatra east to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands, and Australia. In Australia a northern coastal species found from about Shark Bay in Western Australia to central New South Wales. Resident.
HABITAT: Coastal mudflats, islands, estuaries and mangroves. In some areas common in coastal towns.
SUBSPECIES: Four subspecies are recognised: nominate race breeds from India to China and Indochina, intermedius in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, girrenera in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and flavirostris in the Solomon Islands.
