
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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This beautiful songster is rather silent as it feeds on wild fruit on a shrub at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya. The Grey-winged Blackbird male has black plumage on head, neck, back and top of underparts. The lower underparts are black with weak greyish scaled effect. The upper wing shows conspicuous greyish-white panel. The wing-coverts have whitish tips. The tail is black. The bill is orange-yellow. The eyes are dark brown surrounded by narrow whitish eye-ring. Legs and feet are yellowish-brown. The Grey-winged Blackbird utters a “churi” as a contact call. Near the nest and during the breeding season, it gives harsh “churr”. A mournful whistle “pie-oooh tie-ooh” can be heard when going to roost. The alarm call is a strong, repeated “chuk-chuk”. The Grey-winged Blac
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