BLACK KITE // MILVUS PARASITUS (55cm)

            EXTREMELY  GREGARIOUS, eats almost anything from refuse to carrion to emergent termites hawked on the wing. Twists and turns to pick items off the surface of open water and the ground. Good numbers of these are seen in the Gambia.
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Taken in: Gambia / Banjul / Kotu (show map)

Taken on: March 19, 2024

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