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Milvus aegyptius parasitus
The Yellow-billed Kite is the Afrotropic counterpart of the Black Kite. Their color is more like the first two photos; it was rapidly getting darker as I took the other photos. They feed on a wide range of small vertebrates and insects, much of which is scavenged. These birds of prey were hanging around the trash containers at the entrance to the National Park; my driver said many people throw away the remains of meals with meat in them and the birds scrounge for that.
They are found in almost all habitats, including parks in suburbia, but rare in the arid Namib and Karoo. Seen at Nairobi National Park
Spotted on Jun 10, 2012
Submitted on Jul 7, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks, matimar1. I believe that the bird in the first photo is one of the pair in the last photos but I'm not sure. It was dusk and getting darker and between the first and last photos, I was taking pictures of a warthog, so there wasn't as much light later.
Gracias, Gerardo!
Great series Maria :)