Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusElanus (Elanus Kites)
- SpeciesElanus caeruleus (Black-winged Kite)
Closest Relatives at Doi Inthanon National Park
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Rufous-winged Buzzard
Butastur liventer
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
Crested Serpent Eagle
Spilornis cheela
Black Baza
Aviceda leuphotes
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus nipalensis
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Eastern Buzzard
Buteo japonicus
Gray-faced Buzzard
Butastur indicus
Jerdon's Baza
Aviceda jerdoni
Himalayan Buzzard
Buteo refectus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-winged Kite at Doi Inthanon National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there