Black Kite

Order Falconiformes; Family Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles); Scientific name: Milvus migrans; Common name: Black Kite; Alternative common name: Fork-tailed Kite – Distribution in Australia: throughout Australia except in the south west and south east, also in north-eastern Tasmania – Distribution outside Australia: raptor with a very broad distribution from Sub-Saharan Africa, through Europe, through most of Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea.