Black-breasted Kite Hamirostra melanosternon Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus, Peter F. D. Boesman, Jeffrey S. Marks, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter Pyle
Version: 1.1 — Published December 6, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черногърда каня |
| Catalan | milà pitnegre |
| Croatian | crnoprsa lunja |
| Czech | luňákovec černoprsý |
| Dutch | Buizerdwouw |
| English | Black-breasted Kite |
| English (Australia) | Black-breasted Buzzard |
| English (United States) | Black-breasted Kite |
| Estonian | suurhaugas |
| Finnish | australianarohaukka |
| French | Bondrée à plastron |
| French (Canada) | Bondrée à plastron |
| German | Schwarzbrustweih |
| Japanese | クロムネトビ |
| Norwegian | kongeglente |
| Polish | kanialec ogorzały |
| Russian | Канюковый коршун |
| Serbian | Crnogruda lunja |
| Slovak | včelárovec veľkozobý |
| Spanish | Milano Pechinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Milano pechinegro |
| Swedish | svartbröstad glada |
| Turkish | Kara Göğüslü Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка рудошиїй |
Revision Notes
Stephen Debus updated the Field Identification and Similar Species sections. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Bare Parts sections. Guy M. Kirwan and Brooke Keeney updated the Systematics sections. Stephen Debus and Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Eliza R. Wein generated the map.
Hamirostra melanosternon (Gould, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Buteo melanosternon
Gould, 1841. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1840), Pt8 no.94, p.162.
TYPE LOCALITY:
interior of New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HAMIROSTRA
- melanosterna / melanosternon / melanosternum / melanosternus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Black-breasted Kite
Map last updated 05 March 2024.
