Brahminy Kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網
BrahminyKiteshaveweakfeetso,althoughtheyhavelong,sharpcurvedclaws,theycannottakelargeprey.Howevertheyareexpertatsnatchingpreyinflight.
SeasonalityThe Brahminy Kite is mostly resident and possibly locally nomadic.
Feeding and dietThe Brahminy Kite feeds on carrion (dead animals), insects and fish. It swoops low over water, the ground or tree tops and snatches live prey or carrion from the surface. It also steals from fish-hunting birds, snatching prey in flight. It harries or bothers other birds such as gulls, Whistling Kites, Osprey or Australian White Ibis.
CommunicationUsually silent. Drawn-out descending wail, like a bleating lamb: pee-ah-ah-ah; meowing notes.
Breeding behavioursThe nest of the Brahminy Kite is built in living trees near water, often mangrove trees. The nest is large, made from sticks, seaweed or driftwood and lined with a variety of materials such as lichens, bones, seaweed and even paper. Both parents incubate the eggs and the young are fed bill to ...
Brahminy kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Brahminy Kite - Facts | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Brahminy Kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Brahminy Kites | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Brahminy Kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Brahminy Kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網
What is Life span of the brahminy kite? | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Extensive information | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Extensive information Project Birds of Prey | 台北市立動物園資訊網
About Brahminy kite | 台北市立動物園資訊網
【栗鳶】:鷲鷹科;暫無危機 LC
體長約50公分,體重約500公克,翼展寬約100公分。頭、頸、胸及上腹白色,有黑褐色細縱紋,其它部位為栗色。亞種的差異在羽色...
【白頭鳶】:鷲鷹科;
各類的小型動物及腐屍,包括哺乳類、鳥類、爬蟲類、兩生類、魚類、節肢動物、甲殼類,有時也會吃家禽類。從棲處或在高空滑翔...