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Where does the Black Kite live?

Milvus migrans has 2,793,592 records in 176 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Black Kite
Black Kite — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeMilvus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 842,361
France 356,523
Spain 319,909
Australia 296,467
Georgia 80,584
Russia 69,655
Taiwan 66,343
Japan 65,701
Germany 60,725
Portugal 54,342
Israel 53,546
South Africa 52,849
Sweden 50,578
Hong Kong 37,725
Kenya 29,693
Nepal 28,780
Denmark 22,127
Switzerland 19,972
Uganda 16,666
Bangladesh 15,224
China 13,764
Ghana 11,574
Gambia 10,782
Ethiopia 10,034
Mongolia 9,847
Madagascar 9,333
Thailand 9,152
Belgium 8,890
Italy 8,739
Senegal 8,307
Tanzania 7,972
Netherlands 7,682
Türkiye 7,586
Pakistan 7,560
Rwanda 6,760
Botswana 5,574
Egypt 5,382
Ukraine 4,895
Morocco 4,606
Austria 4,550

Showing the top 40 of 176 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.