Yellow Billed Kite

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Serengeti, Oct 2009

Bird name: Yellow Billed Kite
Latin: Milvus aegyptius
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Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
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The Yellow-billed Kite was thought conspecific with the Black Kite, but is increasingly regarded as a separate allopatric (i.e. divided geographically, in evolutionary terms) species, confined to Africa.

As you can see from these photos, sent in by André and taken in the Serengeti, the Yellow-billed Kite has a yellow bill, whereas the Black Kite has a black-tipped bill.