Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus - Milan sacré

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Haliastur

  • Species
    :

    indus

Descriptor

Boddaert, 1783

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 51 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 109 à 124 cm.
  • Weight
    : 320 à 670 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Milan sacré
adult
Milan sacré
immature

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Haliastur indus indus (India to s China and Vietnam)
  • Haliastur indus intermedius (Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi)
  • Haliastur indus girrenera (Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and n Australia)
  • Haliastur indus flavirostris (Solomon Is.)

Foreign names

  • Milan sacré,
  • Milano brahmán,
  • milhafre-de-dorso-ruivo,
  • Brahmanenmilan,
  • Brahmin kánya,
  • Brahmaanse Wouw,
  • Nibbio bramino,
  • brahminglada,
  • Braminglente,
  • haja brahmanská,
  • luňák bělohlavý,
  • Brahminglente,
  • bramiinihaukka,
  • milà capblanc,
  • kania bramińska,
  • brahmaņu klīja,
  • Браминский коршун,
  • Elang bondol,
  • シロガシラトビ,
  • 栗鸢,
  • เหยี่ยวแดง,
  • 栗鳶,

Voice song and cries

Milan sacré
adult

Habitat

Milan sacré
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Excavations (open)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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