Black Kite and Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus migrans and Milvus aegyptius
Geelbekwou SchmarotzermilanThe Black Kite is a summer visitor from Eurasia, distinguished from the Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius) by a black tipped yellow beak. DNA research shows that the Afrotropic Yellow-billed Kite is distinct from the Black Kite and thus elevated to full species status. The yellow-billed Kite has an all yellow beak.
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Black Kite
© Hennie Storm
![Black Kite after the rain](6potImages/20.jpg)
Black Kite loving the Rain
at Albert Falls Dam © Wayne Johnston
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Yellow-billed Kite
© Mark Drysdale
![Yellow-billed Kite](basie1Images/4.jpg)
Yellow-billed Kite
© Basie van Zyl
![Yellow-billed Kite](tin3Images/6.jpg)
Yellow-billed Kite
![Yellow-billed Kite](tinImages/12.jpg)
© Tinus Lamprecht
![Yellow-billed Kite](derekImages/45.jpg)
Yellow-billed Kite
Elephant Sands Lodge, Botswana © Derek Keats
![Yellow-billed Kite](bobImages/29.jpg)
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Yellow-billed Kite Hluhluwe
© Bob Hobbes
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Yellow-billed Kite
Lake Eland © Bob Hobbes