identification please

[Carl Clifford <>]

Tom,

Milvus lineatus is now split from M. migrans and is listed in the  
Index to Organism Names. Brazil, in "Birds of East Asia" uses M.  
lineatus - Black-eared Kite, but the split does not appear to have  
made it to the IOC list yet.
Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 16/11/2009, at 8:32 PM, Tom and Mandy Wilson wrote:

Is that Milvus migrans (lineatus) or is lineatus now regarded as a  
separate species?  My world bird checklist (downloaded from www.wirldbirdnames.org 
) does not show it as a separate species and my copy of The Birds of  
Hong Kong and South China (Viney, Philips & Lam) also shows it as a  
different sub-species of our own Black Kite.
Cheers
Tom Wilson