Alice Springs Fauna •
Birds in Alice SpringsBabblers Black-faced Cuckooshrike Brown Falcon Rainbow Bee-eater Sacred Kingfisher Wedge-tailed Eagle Western Bowerbird Whistling Kite
The Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) has a striking call, and get their name from its loud whistling call that starts from a clear whistle, then descends down the scale, and is followed by an up-scale staccato chatter.
It is a medium-sized day time raptor it is often seen up in the skies above Alice Springs. The female are larger and heavier in build to the male.
Checkout our Birds section for more info on the Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
- Genus: Haliastur
- Species: H. sphenurus
- Binomial name: Haliastur sphenurus
Birds in Alice SpringsBabblers Black-faced Cuckooshrike Brown Falcon Rainbow Bee-eater Sacred Kingfisher Wedge-tailed Eagle Western Bowerbird Whistling Kite
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