Whistling Kite
COMMON NAME: Whistling Kite
CATEGORIES: Beach Inlet Farmland
These large shaggy raptors are usually seen as they soar high in the sky over the village and surrounding areas.
They have a distinctive silhouette with a rounded end on their long tail and dark deeply fingered wingtips.
You may hear their piercing descending whistle, which finishes with staccato notes.
They are mainly scavengers.
*These Local Notes are provided by
Leanne Cusack & Diane Carpenter
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GALLERY photos taken in and around Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet.
*Photographed by Leanne Cusack (unless otherwise credited)
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