
Black Kite perched on a blooming Silver Oak tree
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A Black Kite (Milvus migrans) perched high among the branches of a Silver Oak (Grevillea robusta), also known as the Southern Silky Oak.
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The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), belongs to the family Phasianidae. The kalij pheasants are distributed in foothills of Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand. There are nine subspecies of these pheasants. The kalij pheasants are medium sized birds, males measuring 60 to 75 cm in length and weigh 800 to 1150 grams. The females are smaller measuring 50 to 60 cm in length and weigh 500 to 1000 grams. The males have glossy bluish black plumage and the females are brown. The bare facial skin is red in color. They inhabit evergreen and deciduous forests. They feed on roots, seeds, small reptiles, insects and forest yams. They breed during May and June. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the lar
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