Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

FALCONIFORMES

Accipitridae

Hawaks & Eagle

Pernis apivorus
Forest edge, open woodland.
W,c Eurasia from s British Isles and s,ne Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia to sw Siberia (upper Ob R., upper Irtysh R.), and s to n Mediterranean region (incl. Corsica), w,n Turkey, n Iran and Transcaucasus.
Winters from s Europe and Iran s to s Africa.
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Elanus caeruleus
Savanna, grassland, open woodland.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with E. leucurus and E. notatus but here regarded as allospecies.
Hypoleucos sometimes considered a separate species.
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E. c. caeruleus. Sw Palearctic and African region in extreme sw Europe (s Iberian Pen.), nw Africa (from n Morocco to Tunisia), Egypt (Nile V.), and recorded in sw Mauritania, Senegambia, s Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, s Niger, Nigeria, s Chad and c,s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Yemen and s Arabia; Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, s Angola, Namibia and S. Africa. Locally in lowlands to 2100 m of s Asia from e Afghanistan (probably) e through Pakistan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to s,e China (Yunnan, Kwangsi, Chekiang, and probably Hopeh) and se Asia.
E. c. hypoleucos. Lowlands to 2100 m of Malay Arch. in Greater Sunda Is. (incl. Muna, Butung, Kalao and Tanahjampea is.), Lesser Sunda Is. (Lombok, Sumba, Flores, Alor, Timor) and Philippines; lowlands to 2300 m of c,e New Guinea.
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Milvus migrans
Open woodland, forest edge, savanna, steppes, desert, farms, towns. Common in all habitats, mainly savanna and grassland.
From cont. Europe, e Finland, Russia and w Siberia (e to lower Ob R.) s to Cape Verde Is., nw Africa (from n Morocco e to Tunisia ), Mediterranean region, Near East and s Arabia, and e from Iran e to c Kazakhstan, Kirghiz steppes, w Turkestan and Tadzikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India to 2200 m, incl. Nepal; Sri Lanka; to sw China (w Yunnan), thence s through se Asia, Andaman Is., Sulawesi, e New Guinea (w to Humboldt Bay and Hall Sound), D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (Fergusson I.) and Bismarck Arch. (New Britain) to Australia except s.
Nile Valley, Red Sea region, s Arabia and from s Mauritania, s Mali, s Niger, s Chad and c,s Sudan e to Ethiopia and Somalia, and s (incl. São Tomé) to s S. Africa, and lowlands to 2000 m of Madagascar and Comoro Is.
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The subSaharan race, M. m. parasitus YELLOW-BILLED KITE, has been recorded in all subSaharan countries and breeds in nearly all (or all?) of them; it is an intra-African migrant as well as resident in many areas.
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Pernis apivorus

European Honey Buzzard

Fairly common

included Corsica

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Elanus caeruleus

Black-shouldered

Scarce, Uncommon

has bred: Tunisia

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Milvus migrans

Black Kite

Common

has bred: Norway,

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Milvus milvus
Open woodland, plains, pastures, forest.
M. m. milvus. Locally in w Palearctic from s British Isles, s Sweden, Baltic states and w Ukraine s to Canary is., nw Africa from n Morocco e, at least formerly, to Tunisia, w Mediterranean region e to s Italy, incl. Balearic Is., Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, sw Russia, nw Black Sea, w Caucasus and extreme ne Turkey. A rare migrant to subSaharan Africa - reported in Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., Uganda and Kenya.
M. m. fasciicauda. Cape Verde Is. (at least formerly).
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Haliaeetus vocifer
Seacoasts, rivers, lakes, swamps.
S Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, Burkina Faso, s Niger, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Angola, Namibia and S. Africa.
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Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Rivers, lakes, swamps.
C Asia from extreme se Russia (lower Volga R. and Ural R.), and from Kazakhstan to Kirghiz steppes, sw Siberia (Tuva, sw Transbaicalia), Mongolia and n,c China (from Sinkiang, Tsinghai and Kansu e to w Heilungkiang, and s to Szechwan and n Yunnan) s to Pakistan, India (from Kashmir and Punjab e to Assam, Bangladesh and Orissa, absent from sw and W. Ghats) and Burma (except e). N populations winter s to Persian Gulf, c India and se Asia.
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