Black-shouldered Kite at Bega, NSW
Identification history
| Elanus axillaris | 10 Jul 2020 | MatthewHiggins |
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User's notes
The Black-Shouldered Kite saw off a Whistling Kite (which gave a squawk of alarm I have not heard before). Given the bigger size of the Whistler, the BSK's effort was quite an achievement. My photo of the two birds is too blurred to be worth posting.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.853608-36.682432
- Places Bega, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 10 Jul 2020 12:38 PM Recorded on
- MatthewHiggins Recorded by
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Birds Birds of prey MatthewHiggins South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Elanus axillaris Scientific name
- Black-shouldered Kite Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 808.4m Recorded at altitude
- 673 images trained Machine learning
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