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Black-winged kite
Elanus caeruleus · Family Accipitridae
Elanus caeruleus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 724,665
- Countries and territories with records
- 151
About this species
This species has 724,665 occurrence records from 151 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (29.8%), India (23%), Taiwan (9.2%), Israel (5.7%) and Portugal (5.1%); together they account for 72.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.54% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Elanus caeruleus combines the genus name Elanus with the species epithet caeruleus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Elanus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Elanus leucurus, Elanus axillaris and Elanus scriptus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 1.8 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.