black kite


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Synonyms for black kite

dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion

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Similarly, maximum numbers of nests (n = 30) were recorded for weaver bird (but only at one sampling site), followed by common crow (N = 15), common myna (N= 6), among others black drongo showed 4, black kite and red turtle dove 3 nests each, while Indian robin showed only one nest (Table II).
Two black kites were rescued in weak and debilated status.
Rob said: "I was looking out and it just flew over the garden and I couldn't believe it was a black kite.
Galushin had conducted a similar study across 150 sq km and assessed the black kite's ' nesting density' at 16.1 pairs per sq km.
Keeping in view the impact of metal accumulation in birds, the present study was designed to assess nickel and chromium level in the keel muscles and livers of male and female black kite from Gujrat district (northern Punjab), Pakistan.
Previous studies have demonstrated that other diurnal species such as domestic fowl has 16-18 [15], black kite has 12-13 [1, 15], quail has 19 [5], common buzzard has 1718 [3], jungle crow has 24-25 [9], mallard has 12-14 [8] folds in pectin.
More restricted viewing went to Cemlyn's black-headed and grey-headed wagtails, a black kite on Anglesey in June, and a bee-eater over Mold in September.
Two firsts for the islands were a black kite and a melodious warbler from southern Europe.
Like the LCS, the Black Kite is designed with an open architecture, so a potential customer could transform it to take on different missions, including anti-submarine warfare.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a slim black kite cut through the sky, bee lining for mine.
Other bird species are 'queuing up on the other side of the Channel', including the black kite, serin, black-winged stilts and fan-tailed warbler.
Ramsden saddles Black Kite (Neisius) and Operation Scorpio (Raoul Zieve) in the opening juvenile maiden plate (10.50) - the first
A rare Black Kite has left the warmth of southern Europe to spend winter near Winchester, Hampshire.
They include the black kite and honey buzzard - neither of which to the best of my knowledge are resident breeding birds in Britain.