Whistling Kite

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Whistling Kite

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Haliastur
Species: H. sphenurus
Binomial name
Haliastur sphenurus
(Vieillot, 1818)

The Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus is found throughout Australia. It has a distinctive M-shaped pattern of pale feathers when viewed from underneath during flight.

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