🦅Brahminy Kite
栗鸢（学名：Haliastur indus）为鹰科栗鸢属的鸟类，該科還包括許多其他日行性猛禽，如鷹、鵟和鷂，分佈於印度次大陸、東南亞和澳洲。栗鳶主要棲息在海岸和內陸濕地，捕食死魚和其他獵物。成鳥具有紅褐色的體羽，與白色的頭部和胸部形成鮮明對比，易於與其他猛禽區分。该物种的模式产地在印度本地治里。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 0.53 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Brahminy Kite
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.53 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.53 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.2 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.4 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatCoastalAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleGeneralistAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Brahminy Kite yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyAccipitridae
- ›genusHaliastur
- ›speciesHaliastur indus
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusHaliastur
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusHaliastur
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