Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) (0, 0)

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STATUS

Polytypic. France and the South-western Iberian Peninsula., Africa and western Arabia.

OVERVIEW

This presumed first for Britain was seen by one Shropshire birder. British Birds (116: 360) have published it as Black-shouldered Kite (E. axillaris) which resides in Australia.

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BBRC RECORDS

P). 2023 Montgomeryshire Glanmule, Newtown, 18th April, video.

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P). 2023 Norfolk Stubb Mill, Hickling, 17th to 20th July, photo; presumed same, Trimingham, 18th July; presumed same, West Somerton area, 19th July.

(birding information services).

P). 2023 Suffolk Felixstowe Ferry and King’s Fleet, 20th to 21st July, photo; presumed same as Norfolk.

(birding information services).

P). 2023 Essex St Osyth, 21st July; same, Colne Point, 22nd July, photo.

(birding information services).