Black Kite

Milvus migrans

黑鸢

IUCN: Not Evaluated China: Level II Found in China

Taxonomy

Milvus migrans aegyptius

Egypt, southwestern Arabia, and coastal northeastern Africa
Milvus migrans affinis

Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia (Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, and eastern South Australia)
Milvus migrans formosanus

Taiwan and Hainan (southern China)
Milvus migrans govinda

eastern Pakistan and India to southeastern Asia and western Yunnan in southern China
Milvus migrans lineatus

breeds Siberia to northern India, China, and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan); winters to Iraq and southeastern Asia
Milvus migrans migrans

breeds northwestern Africa and Europe to south-central Asia; winters to southern Africa
Milvus migrans parasitus

sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Cape Verde and Comoro islands