Black-winged Kite

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

Photo © Johnsonwang6688, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

STATUS

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

OVERVIEW

This first for Britain was seen by one Shropshire birder. It was of the nominate western race caeruleus.

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BBRC RECORDS

1.0). 2023 Montgomeryshire Glan-Mule, Newtown, 18th April, video; also seen Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.1). 2023 Norfolk Braydon Marshes, Horsey and Trimingham, 17th to 20th July, photo; same as Montgomeryshire; also seen Suffolk, Essex.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.2). 2023 Suffolk Felixstowe Ferry and King’s Fleet, 20th to 21st July, photo; same as Montgomeryshire; also seen Norfolk, Essex.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.3). 2023 Essex St Osyth, 21st July; same, Colne Point, 22nd July, photo; same as Montgomeryshire; also seen Norfolk, Suffolk.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).