Thursday, October 1, 2015

SQUARE-TAILED KITE

Photographed at Mount Malloy, Queensland October 2015
675           SQUARE-TAILED KITE           Lophoictinia insurer

Australia          (517)

Found in heathlands, woodlands, forests; tropical and sub-tropical forests; timbered watercourses; hills and gorges. 50-60 cm; wingspan to 1.3 m. Range: uncommon to rare and sparse, In coastal and sub-coastal se Aust. and sw. WA it is rare but regular breeding migrant. Sedentary; part-migratory. Rare.



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