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Haliastur sphenurus, Print, The whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much of New Guinea (excluding the central mountains and the northwest). Also called the whistling eagle or whistling hawk, it is named for its loud whistling call, which it often gives in flight. Some authorities put this species in the genus Milvus, despite marked differences in behaviour, voice and plumage between this species and other members of that genus., 1825-1834.

Haliastur sphenurus, Print, The whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much of New Guinea (excluding the central mountains and the northwest). Also called the whistling eagle or whistling hawk, it is named for its loud whistling call, which it often gives in flight. Some authorities put this species in the genus Milvus, despite marked differences in behaviour, voice and plumage between this species and other members of that genus., 1825-1834.
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Haliastur sphenurus, Print, The whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much of New Guinea (excluding the central mountains and the northwest). Also called the whistling eagle or whistling hawk, it is named for its loud whistling call, which it often gives in flight. Some authorities put this species in the genus Milvus, despite marked differences in behaviour, voice and plumage between this species and other members of that genus., 1825-1834
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1825-1834 • AUSTRALIA • AUTHORITIES • BEHAVIOUR • CENTRAL MOUNTAINS • COASTAL ISLANDS • EXCLUDING • FLIGHT • FLY • FLYING • GENUS MILVUS • GENUS • GIVES • HALIASTUR SPHENURUS • LOUD WHISTLING CALL • MARKED DIFFERENCES • MEDIUM-SIZED DIURNAL RAPTOR • MEMBERS • NEW CALEDONIA • NEW GUINEA • NORTHWEST • PLUMAGE • PRINT • SPECIES • VOICE • WHISTLING EAGLE • WHISTLING HAWK • WHISTLING KITE