Yellow-billed Kites
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The Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius) is the Sub-Saharan and North-east African counterpart of the Black Kite (Milvus migrans), of which it is most often considered a subspecies.
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 (geographically separated) species.
There are two subspecies:
- M. a. parasitus
(Western Yellow-billed Kite)
- found throughout West, East and Southern Africa, except for the Congo basin and the Sahara Desert (with intra-African migrations) and
- M. a. aegyptius
- of Egypt and the Horn of Africa (which disperses south during the non-breeding season).
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