Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Whistling Kite
The Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: New Guinea, Australia (except western deserts, rarely Tasmania), and New CaledoniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Haliastur sphenurus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Whistling Kite
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Milvus sphenurus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Australia = New South Wales.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 20 p.564
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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