The cere and gape are yellow, but the bill is black (unlike in the yellow-billed kite).

However, immature yellow-billed kites resemble the black kites of the corresponding age.

At one stage of the meal a yellow-billed kite wheeled high over head, and uttered a screech, a sardonic and mocking cry.

Milvus migrans (black kite, yellow-billed kite)

The yellow-billed kite is apparently a separate species, as indicated by mtDNA phylogeny showing two supported clades, biogeography, and morphology.

A number of diurnal raptors, including Frances's sparrowhawk, yellow-billed kite and Madagascar harrier-hawk hunt Malagasy paradise flycatchers.

Other animals sold by the couple included a Yellow-Billed Kite bird, a Crab-Eating Macaque monkeys and 59 Malayan flying foxes.

However, recent DNA studies suggest that the yellow-billed kite differs significantly from black kites in the Eurasian clade, and should be considered as a separate, allopatric species.

The yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius) is the Afrotropic counterpart of the black kite (Milvus migrans), of which it is most often considered a subspecies.

Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans The resident form is occasionally split off as Yellow-billed Kite but most authorities consider the species one with Black Kite.

As suggested by its name, the yellow-billed kite is easily recognized by its entirely yellow bill, unlike that of the black kite (which is present in Africa as a visitor during the North Hemisphere winter).

Yellow-billed Kite 1 Black Kite 1 Palm-nut Vulture 1 adult Marsh Harrier 1 Gabar Goshawk 1 seen briefly in flight low across the airfield; white rump very obvious, barred tail.